The politics in Topeka Township, KS are determined by the local government and involve a number of elected officials. The township is governed by five board members who are all elected by residents of the area. The board members make decisions on a variety of issues, ranging from development plans to budgeting and tax rates. In addition to the five board members, there is also an elected mayor who serves as the leader of the town and is responsible for managing its finances, overseeing public works projects, and making sure that laws are enforced. Furthermore, Topeka Township residents also elect county representatives to represent their interests in county-level government. All elected officials work together in order to ensure that Topeka Township remains a safe and secure place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Topeka township, KS is leaning conservative.
Shawnee County, KS is leaning liberal. In Shawnee County, KS 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shawnee county flipped Democratic, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Shawnee county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Topeka township, KS is leaning conservative.
Shawnee County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Topeka township, Kansas: r r r r r d
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 Topeka township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,752 contributions totaling $161,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 594 contributions totaling $112,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)