Madison Township, located in Harrison County, Missouri is a small rural area with politics that are largely reflective of the values of its community. The township is part of the Second Congressional District of Missouri and has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013 by Republican Billy Long. At the state level, Madison Township is part of Missouri's 28th District Senate seat and is currently represented by Republican Mike Moon. On the local level, Madison Township is governed by a board of five elected trustees who serve two-year terms and are responsible for approving policy and budget decisions that affect the township.
The political climate in Madison township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, MO is very conservative. In Harrison County, MO 15.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.6%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison 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.
Madison township (Harrison 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 Madison township (Harrison County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $1,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $55 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)