Wellington, MO is a small city located in Vernon County, with a total population of approximately 1,876 people. Despite its size, the city is politically active and engaged in the state and local elections. Wellington has an aldermanic form of government, with four elected Council members responsible for setting policy and laws for the community. During election season, these four candidates are some of the most visible in town, as they work to represent their constituents on issues like taxes and infrastructure. As part of their political campaigns, locally recognized politicians often make appearances throughout Wellington. Additionally, residents are encouraged to participate in local politics by attending public meetings and voting on important decision-making measures for their community.
The political climate in Zip 64097 (Wellington, MO) is very conservative.
Lafayette County, MO is very conservative. In Lafayette County, MO 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 26.2%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64097 (Wellington, MO) is very conservative.
Wellington, Missouri is very conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Wellington, 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 64097 (Wellington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)