The town of Stafford, Kansas is a small rural community with a population of only around 450 people. Despite its small size, Stafford has an active and vibrant political environment. The town is served by the Stafford County Commission, which consists of five elected representatives, each responsible for a distinct region within the county. Additionally, Stafford participates in local elections for both state-level and national-level offices. Despite its small population size, citizens of the town are very engaged in their local politics and take an active role in advocating for their community's best interests. Local politicians often make regular appearances at public meetings to discuss issues that impact the town's residents, ranging from infrastructure improvements to educational goals. Overall, the political atmosphere in Stafford remains strong and engaged as it continues to strive towards creating a better tomorrow for its citizens.
The political climate in Stafford township, KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford County, KS is very conservative. In Stafford County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.6%.
Stafford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stafford township, KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford 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.
Stafford 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 Stafford township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $7,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)