Washington Township is a township located in Harrison County, Missouri. It is governed by an elected board of supervisors who work to ensure the needs of the community are being met. The board works with local government and other organizations to improve the quality of life for all residents within Washington Township. They are responsible for setting policies, budgets, tax rates, and managing public services such as water and sewer service, fire protection, road maintenance, and parks and recreation. Local political candidates running for office in Washington Township must be dedicated to serving their constituents and promoting the growth of the community. Candidates should have a vision for the future that will help bring prosperity through job creation, improved infrastructure, educational investments, and economic development. Ultimately they must be willing to put in whatever effort is required to make sure that all citizens of Washington Township are able to benefit from their representation.
The political climate in Washington township (Harrison County), MO is very 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
Washington township (Harrison County), MO is very 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.
Washington 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 Washington township (Harrison County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $3,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $8,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)