Osage township, located in Bates County, Missouri, is a small rural community with a population of approximately 434 people. The township's government is governed by a three-member board of trustees who are elected every two years. These board members are responsible for setting the budget and policies for the township as well as providing services to citizens such as roads and parks maintenance. The local politics of Osage Township are heavily influenced by the traditional values and ideologies of its citizens, with most candidates being socially conservative and strongly supportive of agriculture. Many candidates also advocate for local initiatives that support economic growth through business development and job creation. Political debates in Osage Township often center around issues such as education, health care, taxes, and public safety.
The political climate in Osage township (Bates County), MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, MO is very conservative. In Bates County, MO 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bates county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.8%.
Bates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osage township (Bates County), MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Osage township (Bates 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 Osage township (Bates County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $3,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $12,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)