Medicine Township (Mercer Cnty), MO is an unincorporated community located in northwest Missouri. The area is home to many small farms and rural communities. Politics in the township are largely localized, with the most notable political body being the Mercer County Commission. The board of commissioners engages in local policy decisions such as zoning, roads, budgets, and agricultural issues. Local candidates for office are typically selected by caucus or petition and then voted on by township residents during a general election. Residents of Medicine Township have a long history of civic engagement and take pride in their local government and its ability to serve them well.
The political climate in Medicine 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
Medicine 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.
Medicine 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 Medicine township (Mercer County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $35,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)