Politics
The Municipal Council of Merxheim consists of 16 councilors. They were chosen in the municipal elections of 7 June 2009, according to the proportional representation method, with the honorary mayor as the chairman.
Distribution of the Municipal Council after the municipal elections of 2004 and 2009:
| SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
| 2004 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 Seats |
| 2009 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 Seats |
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“We are naïve and moralistic women. We are human beings. Who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
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—Richard M. Nixon (b. 1913)
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—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)