Grant Township in Caldwell County, Missouri is a rural community with a long history of political engagement. Despite its small population, Grant Township has had a strong presence in local politics for many years. Locals take great pride in being informed and involved when it comes to the decisions that affect their community. Groups like the Grant Township Civic League and the Community Advisory Council provide residents an opportunity to get together and discuss important issues such as infrastructure development, health care accessibility, and crime prevention. With well-attended town hall meetings and an active voter registration office, Grant Township demonstrates that even small towns can be powerful forces when it comes to political action.
The political climate in Grant township (Caldwell County), MO is very conservative.
Caldwell County, MO is very conservative. In Caldwell 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, Caldwell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.1%.
Caldwell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant township (Caldwell County), MO is very conservative.
Caldwell County, Missouri is very 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.
Grant township (Caldwell 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 Grant township (Caldwell County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)