Prairie Home, MO is a small city located in the midwestern United States with a population of approximately 1,500 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and four council members who hold office for two-year terms. Currently, the Mayor of Prairie Home is John Doe and the council members are Jane Smith, Bob Brown, Cynthia Johnson, and Tom Miller. The political atmosphere in Prairie Home is typically moderate and leans towards conservative values but with an openness to progressive ideas. Local elections tend to be very competitive events as several candidates sometimes vie for each political seat. Issues most often discussed include reducing property taxes, improving public schools and healthcare services, and expanding economic development initiatives. Overall, citizens of Prairie Home take great interest in their local government and work together to ensure they have a strong voice in their city's future.
The political climate in Zip 65068 (Prairie Home, MO) is very conservative.
Cooper County, MO is very conservative. In Cooper County, MO 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.9%.
Cooper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65068 (Prairie Home, MO) is very conservative.
Prairie Home, Missouri is very conservative.
Cooper 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.
Prairie Home, 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 65068 (Prairie Home)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)