64497 Weatherby, MO is a small rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. The town is governed by an elected mayor and board of aldermen. Local elections are held every two years for local political offices. The citizens of Weatherby take great pride in their political involvement and are actively engaged in the process. Issues that are important to the people of Weatherby include economic growth, quality healthcare access, environmental protection, education funding, and improvements to infrastructure. The citizens of Weatherby have shown their commitment to politics through their involvement in voting; with voter turnout reaching above 90% for local elections. They also regularly attend city council meetings to voice their opinions and concerns on how their community should be run. With an active citizenry and strong local leaders, 64497 Weatherby, MO is a dynamic community that values its political system.
The political climate in Zip 64497 (Weatherby, MO) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, MO is very conservative. In DeKalb County, MO 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 19.2%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64497 (Weatherby, MO) is very conservative.
Weatherby, Missouri is very conservative.
DeKalb County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Joseph Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Weatherby, 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 64497 (Weatherby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)