Richland Township (Barton County) in Missouri is an independent township represented by two elected trustees. The trustees are responsible for the management of local public resources and services, including zoning laws, building regulations, state and local tax collection, and public safety. The trustees also make recommendations to county and state governments on matters concerning the township. Local residents are encouraged to participate in township politics by attending public meetings, serving on committees or task forces, voting in elections, or even running for office themselves. Richland Township is a great example of how democracy can be practiced at the local level to ensure that citizens’ needs and interests are being met.
The political climate in Richland township (Barton County), MO is very conservative.
Barton County, MO is very conservative. In Barton County, MO 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.0% to 13.9%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Barton County), MO is very conservative.
Barton 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.
Richland township (Barton 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 Richland township (Barton County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $6,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $11,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)