De Witt Township in Missouri is home to a vibrant and engaged political atmosphere. The township is managed by an elected Board of Trustees, who are responsible for making decisions on local issues. The Board is composed of five members, each of whom serve four year terms. Local elections are held annually to determine the township’s leadership and ensure that the voices of De Witt's citizens are heard. Candidates running for office generally focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, public safety, and quality education. Residents of the township take an active interest in local politics, as their representatives on the Board will have a direct impact on their daily lives.
The political climate in De Witt township, MO is very conservative.
Carroll County, MO is very conservative. In Carroll County, MO 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
De Witt township, MO is very conservative.
Carroll County, Missouri 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.
De Witt township, 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 De Witt township, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $9,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)