Excelsior Springs, MO is a quiet and peaceful community located in Clay County in the northwestern part of Missouri. It has a population of around 11,400 people and is known for its natural beauty, charming downtown area, and numerous recreational activities. The city is home to several local businesses as well as a large number of historic sites and buildings that represent its rich history. Politically speaking, the City of Excelsior Springs operates under a mayor-council form of government where the mayor is elected every four years by its citizens. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to two-year terms and serve to make policy decisions for the city. Excelsior Springs also falls within the 25th District for Missouri's House of Representatives in the General Assembly, which is currently represented by Republican David Gregory. Furthermore, this district also has one seat in the State Senate which is held by Democrat Lauren Arthur. Overall, Excelsior Springs remains an active political community with various municipal elections occurring throughout each year as it strives to ensure that all residents have representation at both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 64024 (Excelsior Springs, MO) is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MO is leaning conservative. In Clay County, MO 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64024 (Excelsior Springs, MO) is leaning conservative.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Missouri is leaning 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.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri: d 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 64024 (Excelsior Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 231 contributions totaling $9,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $14,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)