Wheeling Township in Missouri is a fairly small area, but it is home to an active political climate. Local residents are passionate about the issues facing their town and take an active role in deciding its future. Candidates that seek to represent Wheeling Township have a wide variety of backgrounds and strive to bring their unique perspectives on the issues that matter most to local citizens. Issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvement, and environmental concerns are all on the agenda for candidates running for office in Wheeling Township. Residents also often engage in lively debates with each other over the best approach to address these issues. This dialogue helps keep the democratic process alive in this small area and ensures that local voices are heard when decisions are made.
The political climate in Wheeling township, MO is very conservative.
Livingston County, MO is very conservative. In Livingston County, MO 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheeling township, MO is very conservative.
Livingston 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.
Wheeling 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 Wheeling township, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 176 contributions totaling $11,591 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $33,179 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)