Riverside, Missouri is a small town located in Jackson County with a population of roughly 800 people. As such, there are no local political candidates running for office in the city. However, the citizens of Riverside have access to county and state representatives who serve their interests and advocate for them at the higher levels of government. The Jackson County Board of Supervisors represent all townships within the county and are responsible for making key decisions that affect its residents, including budget allocation and transportation initiatives. Furthermore, state legislators from both major parties work together to pass bills that benefit all Missourians. By staying informed about current events and becoming involved in local organizations, Riverside residents can ensure their voices are heard by their elected representatives.
The political climate in Zip 64150 (Riverside, MO) is leaning liberal.
Platte County, MO is leaning conservative. In Platte County, MO 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64150 (Riverside, MO) is leaning liberal.
Riverside, Missouri is leaning liberal.
Platte County, Missouri is leaning 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.
Riverside, 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 64150 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 245 contributions totaling $5,796 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $2,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)