Colfax Township is located in DeKalb County, Missouri. The township does not have its own municipality and is part of the general government of DeKalb County. Political decisions for the township are made by the elected officials of DeKalb County, including a county executive, county council, and several other bodies such as sheriffs and treasurers. The most recent election witnessed a heated debate between incumbents and challengers over issues such as taxes, public education, infrastructure funding, and economic development. Candidates had various views on these topics and their positions affected how people voted in Colfax Township. In the end, the incumbents were re-elected by a wide margin. Local residents continue to watch with interest to see what happens in DeKalb County politics as they affect their lives here in Colfax Township.
The political climate in Colfax township (DeKalb County), MO is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, MO is very conservative. In DeKalb County, MO 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 19.2%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colfax township (DeKalb County), MO is strongly conservative.
DeKalb County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Joseph Metro Area 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 (DeKalb 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 (DeKalb County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 341 contributions totaling $22,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $18,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)