Polk Township in Nodaway County, Missouri is a growing and vibrant community with a population of approximately 2,600 people. It is governed by the Polk Township Board of Trustees, a five member board elected to serve four year terms. The current trustees include Chairman Robert Edmonds, Vice-Chairman David Maberry, Secretary Richard Gillum, Treasurer Glenda Hainline and Trustee Bruce Wessels. As a small township in rural Missouri, local politics focuses mainly on issues that directly affect the residents including zoning ordinances, taxation policies and budgeting for essential services like water and electricity in the area. Recently the trustees have been working to create plans for sustainable economic growth while protecting natural resources like wildlife habitat. In addition to actively advocating for their constituents' interests on the local level, the trustees are also involved in regional and state politics which impacts Polk Township's ability to secure funding for projects such as road improvements or public buildings renovations.
The political climate in Polk township (Nodaway County), MO is somewhat conservative.
Nodaway County, MO is very conservative. In Nodaway County, MO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nodaway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.8%.
Nodaway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Polk township (Nodaway County), MO is somewhat conservative.
Nodaway County, Missouri is very conservative.
Maryville Metro Area 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.
Polk township (Nodaway 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 Polk township (Nodaway County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,152 contributions totaling $86,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $35,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)