Richmond, Missouri is a small city with a population of just over 1,000 people. It is located in Ray County and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The city's government consists of six representatives elected from three wards and a mayor who serves as an ex-officio member. The local politics in Richmond are largely focused on issues such as street repairs, economic development, public safety, and education. All candidates running for office must pledge to make decisions that will benefit the overall citizens of the city in addition to their own district or ward. Each candidate must also demonstrate that they possess financial knowledge and skill necessary to manage funds efficiently while representing their constituents’ interests effectively. The citizens of Richmond have the opportunity to vote for change each election cycle as new candidates run for office and new perspectives are brought into the political process.
The political climate in Zip 64085 (Richmond, MO) is very conservative.
Ray County, MO is very conservative. In Ray County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Ray county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64085 (Richmond, MO) is very conservative.
Richmond, Missouri is very conservative.
Ray County, Missouri is very 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.
Richmond, Missouri: d 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 64085 (Richmond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $8,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $5,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)