Shawnee Township, located in Henry County, Missouri is an area with a long and rich history. It is home to many local businesses as well as a diverse population of people from all walks of life. With regards to politics, Shawnee Township has a strong focus on local issues. Residents are very active when it comes to voting for local elected officials and engaging in civic activities that benefit the township. On election day, many residents line up outside the polls to cast their vote for the candidates they support and believe will best serve their community. Issues such as education funding, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, economic development and environmental protection are important topics of discussion among Shawnee Township citizens and inform their decisions when it comes time to vote for local political candidates.
The political climate in Shawnee township (Henry County), MO is very conservative.
Henry County, MO is very conservative. In Henry County, MO 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.2%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shawnee township (Henry County), MO is very conservative.
Henry 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.
Shawnee township (Henry 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 Shawnee township (Henry County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 936 contributions totaling $49,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 327 contributions totaling $51,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)