Union Township, located in Harrison County, Missouri, has a long and rich history of local government and politics. The township is governed by a Board of Trustees who are elected by the community to represent their interests. Union Township also has several active local political groups that work to educate and inform citizens about political issues. These organizations help to ensure that everyone in the community is an informed participant in the political process. Additionally, Union Township is part of a larger district which contains two state legislative districts as well as one congressional district. This allows residents to have access to multiple representatives at both the state and federal level who can help address their concerns. All in all, Union Township has a vibrant and active political landscape that encourages civic engagement from its residents.
The political climate in Union township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, MO is very conservative. In Harrison County, MO 15.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 15.6%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Harrison County), MO is strongly conservative.
Harrison 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.
Union township (Harrison 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 Union township (Harrison County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $771 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $16,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,013 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)