Washington Township in Mercer County, Missouri is a vibrant and diverse community. Politically, it is made up of individuals from many different backgrounds and beliefs. The most prevalent political ideologies in the township can range from liberal to conservative, with many moderate citizens as well. Elections are held regularly in the township, allowing residents to play a role in deciding who will represent the people's interests both locally and nationally. Local candidates are focused on issues such as education, infrastructure improvements, public safety and economic development while national candidates focus on issues such as taxes, regulations and foreign policy. Regardless of party affiliation or views on certain subjects, the people of Washington Township work together to ensure that the best leaders are elected to serve their local and national communities for years to come.
The political climate in Washington township (Mercer County), MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, MO is very conservative. In Mercer County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.5%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Mercer County), MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer 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 (Mercer 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 (Mercer County), MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $34,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $368 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)