Tarkio, MO is a small town located in Atchison County and has a total population of 644 citizens. Despite its small size, Tarkio is an active municipality when it comes to politics. The City Council is made up of five elected members who are responsible for making decisions about the town's budget, local ordinances, economic development initiatives, and other issues that affect the residents. In addition to the local government leaders, Tarkio also elects two representatives to send to the Missouri Statehouse every two years. The current state representatives are Republican Rep. Allen Andrews and Democrat Rep. Ryan Lewis who both work hard to represent their constituents’ best interests in Jefferson City. In addition to political figures from outside of Tarkio, there are also numerous community organizations such as churches, charities, and service groups that help keep the town engaged politically and socially.
The political climate in Zip 64491 (Tarkio, MO) is very conservative.
Atchison County, MO is very conservative. In Atchison County, MO 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.0%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64491 (Tarkio, MO) is very conservative.
Tarkio, Missouri is very conservative.
Atchison 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.
Tarkio, 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 64491 (Tarkio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $75 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)