Elkhart, MO is a small town located in the Northeast corner of Missouri. As with many rural towns, the local political scene is dominated by local issues and candidate personalities. The most pressing local concerns are centered on improving education, maintaining infrastructure, and providing adequate services to the community's residents. Local candidates typically focus on these topics in order to gain support from their constituents. In addition to this, Elkhart holds regular Town Hall meetings which give citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions and ask questions about local politics. Through dialogue at these meetings, citizens are able to learn about the current issues facing the town as well as get a better understanding of where candidates stand on those issues. Through this process, Elkhart's citizens gain an informed opinion on who should represent them at City Hall and make decisions that benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Elkhart, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, MO is very conservative. In Bates County, MO 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bates county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.8%.
Bates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elkhart, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates 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.
Elkhart, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Elkhart, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $3,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $24,463 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)