The small town of 65552 Plato, MO is home to a population of just over 400 residents. Despite its size, Plato is still heavily involved in local politics. Over the years, it has seen numerous political candidates vying for various positions within the community, from local city council members to school board representatives. Community members have been consistently voting for candidates they feel best represent their interests and values, ensuring that each election brings out the best representatives for this tight-knit community. In addition to these local elections, some Plato residents even take part in state and federal elections. It’s clear that despite its small size, the people of Plato take their civic duties seriously and put forth a great effort to make sure their voices are heard in the government.
The political climate in Zip 65552 (Plato, MO) is very conservative.
Texas County, MO is very conservative. In Texas County, MO 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Texas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.2%.
Texas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65552 (Plato, MO) is very conservative.
Plato, Missouri is very conservative.
Texas County, Missouri is very conservative.
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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.
Plato, 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 65552 (Plato)
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 13 contributions totaling $1,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)