The small city of Luray, MO with a population of just over 2,000 is governed by an elected mayor and six members of the city council. Each member is elected to a two year term from one of the three wards that make up the city. The mayor and council members are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the residents of Luray in regards to local taxes, public works projects, public safety zoning and related issues. Residents are able to participate in the process by attending meetings or by contacting their representative directly either by phone or email. There are also local elections where residents can vote for their preferred candidate for mayor or council members. This system helps ensure that the voice of the people is heard when decisions about Luray’s future are made.
The political climate in Zip 63453 (Luray, MO) is very conservative.
Clark County, MO is very conservative. In Clark County, MO 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 20.0%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63453 (Luray, MO) is very conservative.
Luray, Missouri is very conservative.
Clark County, Missouri is very conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk Metro Area is very conservative.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Luray, Missouri: r r r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 63453 (Luray)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)