Liberty Township in Putnam County, Missouri is a small rural community with a strong sense of civic pride. The township is served by the Putnam County Board of Commissioners and also includes representatives from the local school board and fire district. The current Commissioner, Joe Sommers, has been serving for over two decades and is committed to ensuring that Liberty Township remains a safe and vibrant place to live. Local political issues often focus on maintaining the quality of life for residents, such as protecting property rights and keeping taxes low. Additionally, there are several local ballot initiatives each year which provide citizens an opportunity to have their voices heard in regards to local politics. With a long-standing commitment to preserving Liberty Township’s unique character, it is clear that politics are an important part of life here.
The political climate in Liberty township (Putnam County), MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, MO is very conservative. In Putnam County, MO 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 15.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Putnam County), MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam 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.
Liberty township (Putnam 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 Liberty township (Putnam County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $8,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)