Oakley Township in Kansas is a small, rural community with a population of just under 1,000 people. While there are not any local political candidates to name specifically, local politics revolve around the topics of economic development and public safety. These topics can be discussed through town meetings, committees, and other forms of citizen involvement. Additionally, the township has various initiatives in place to promote civic engagement and conservation efforts. Residents of Oakley Township feel like they have an impact on their local government and use their voice to advocate for what matters most to them.
The political climate in Oakley township, KS is strongly conservative.
Logan County, KS is very conservative. In Logan County, KS 12.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.7% to 12.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakley township, KS is strongly conservative.
Logan County, Kansas is very 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.
Oakley 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 Oakley township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $26,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $287 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)