Grain Valley, Missouri is a small town located in the northwest corner of the state. It has a population of just over 7,000 people and is an incorporated city. The government of Grain Valley operates under a Mayor-Council form of government and residents are represented by six elected City Council members. The current mayor is John Smith and he works closely with the City Council to ensure that all concerns and issues are addressed. Issues such as public safety, economic development, housing and infrastructure are all considered when formulating policy decisions within the city. Additionally, the City Council also works with local businesses to ensure their success in the community. Each election cycle, candidates from both major parties compete for the open offices in order to represent their constituents' interests in Grain Valley.
The political climate in Grain Valley, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, MO is moderately liberal. In Jackson County, MO 59.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.8% to 37.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grain Valley, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, Missouri is moderately liberal.
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.
Grain Valley, Missouri: D D D D D D
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 Grain Valley, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 929 contributions totaling $109,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $55,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)