Harrison Township (Mercer County), Missouri is a rural county located in the northwestern corner of the state. Politically, Harrison Township is represented by a board of three supervisors who are elected from and by the citizens at-large. The board makes decisions on township issues such as roads, zoning, and other important matters. Each supervisor serves for four years and is responsible for representing their constituents in decision making processes. Their decisions are driven by community input and the needs of the local residents. In addition to these supervisors, there are local government officials including County Sheriff, State Representative, State Senator, Congressperson, and more that serve Harrison Township. All of these officials work together to ensure the safety, security, and welfare of all residents within the county.
The political climate in Harrison township (Mercer County), MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, MO is very conservative. In Mercer County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.5%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison township (Mercer County), MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer 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.
Harrison township (Mercer 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 Harrison township (Mercer County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $34,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)