Liberty Township in Stoddard County, Missouri has a long history of political activity and involvement. Though the population of the township is relatively small, Liberty is home to many engaged citizens who take an active interest in local politics. Most recently, Liberty has seen two candidates vie for the Stoddard County Commission seat; one from the Democratic Party and one from the Republican party. Both candidates have been actively campaigning visiting various businesses and organizations throughout the county to make their case directly to voters. With no clear favorite among residents, it looks like this election could be a close race.
The political climate in Liberty township (Stoddard County), MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, MO is very conservative. In Stoddard County, MO 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stoddard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 13.5%.
Stoddard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Stoddard County), MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard 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 (Stoddard 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 (Stoddard County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $58,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 449 contributions totaling $456,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,018 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)