Augusta Township, KS is a small rural community located in the northwestern corner of Kansas. Politically, Augusta is a predominately conservative area, with most of its voting population casting their ballots for Republican candidates in recent state and national elections. While there are no local political candidates running currently, the township has been known to rally behind certain candidates and initiatives during election seasons. The town's residents often express a strong desire for lower taxes and fewer government regulations. They also generally support policies that would promote economic growth in the region. As such, they typically elect representatives who have similar views when it comes to fiscal responsibility and economic development.
The political climate in Augusta township, KS is strongly conservative.
Butler County, KS is very conservative. In Butler County, KS 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Augusta township, KS is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Kansas 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.
Augusta township, Kansas: 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 Augusta township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 407 contributions totaling $24,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $44,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)