Smithville, MO is a small town located in Clay County and has a population of just under 10,000 people. Despite its small size, Smithville has an active political scene with several local candidates seeking office on both the local and state levels. On the local level, voters have the opportunity to support candidates for mayor, city council representatives and school board members. At the state level, Smithville residents can choose a representative for their district in both the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate as well as select US representatives from Missouri's 6th Congressional District. Voters in Smithville will have many options when it comes time to cast their ballots this election season.
The political climate in Zip 64089 (Smithville, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MO is leaning conservative. In Clay County, MO 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64089 (Smithville, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Smithville, Missouri is somewhat conservative.
Clay 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.
Smithville, 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 64089 (Smithville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 389 contributions totaling $20,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $28,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)