The small town of Peculiar, MO, located in Cass County, is a community with a strong sense of civic engagement. With a population of just over 3,000 people, the citizens of Peculiar are passionate about their local political scene and actively participate in elections every year. The town is currently represented by Missouri State Representative Joe Runions and United States Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II. Locals take advantage of their right to vote for these candidates and others that represent their values and ideals. They also stay engaged between election cycles by attending town hall meetings and participating in other events hosted by their representatives or other local politicians. The citizens of Peculiar believe that it is important to stay informed on the issues facing their community and to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 64078 (Peculiar, MO) is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MO is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MO 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64078 (Peculiar, MO) is strongly conservative.
Peculiar, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Peculiar, 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 64078 (Peculiar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $12,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)