Union Township, in Putnam County, Missouri, is an area with a strong local political presence. The township is represented in the Missouri Legislature by two elected representatives. At the county level, Union Township has four members of the Putnam County Commission – one for each Commissioner District within the township. Local elections are held regularly in Union Township and residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates. The Union Township Board of Trustees also meets regularly to discuss matters concerning public safety, infrastructure and economic development. Additionally, residents are encouraged to attend local government meetings and engage in discussions about issues that are important to them and their community.
The political climate in Union township (Putnam County), MO is moderately conservative.
Putnam County, MO is very conservative. In Putnam County, MO 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 15.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Putnam County), MO is moderately conservative.
Putnam 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 (Putnam 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 (Putnam County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 210 contributions totaling $16,162 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $1,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)