Colfax Township in Daviess County, Missouri is a rural area where politics play an important role in the community. The local government consists of a mayor and four trustees, who are elected by the residents of Colfax Township. The Mayor and Trustees are responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the township. Residents have the option of participating in local elections and voting on issues that affect the township. All political candidates must meet certain qualifications set forth by the state in order to run for office. The town has recently been involved with many political issues, including a proposed water plant expansion and zoning changes. Residents of Colfax Township take these issues seriously and take part in their local politics to ensure their voices are heard and their needs are addressed.
The political climate in Colfax township (Daviess County), MO is very conservative.
Daviess County, MO is very conservative. In Daviess County, MO 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colfax township (Daviess County), MO is very conservative.
Daviess 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.
Colfax township (Daviess County), 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 Colfax township (Daviess County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $8,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $9,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)