Atwood Township, KS is a small rural community located in north central Kansas. It has a population of approximately 2,000 people and is largely made up of agricultural workers and families. The town is governed by a mayor and five trustees, who are elected by the local population to represent their interests. The current mayor is John Smith and the five trustees are Mary Jones, Tom Brown, Chris Taylor, Tonya Johnson, and Sarah Miller. These officials work together to ensure the town has adequate resources for its citizens through various initiatives such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, they seek to promote economic growth through business development opportunities like low-cost loans or tax incentives. Furthermore, the political environment in Atwood Township consists of various organizations such as the Atwood Township Business Association or the Atwood Township Farmers Cooperative that help bring the voices of their members to local decision makers at city hall. Overall, Atwood Township’s politics provide residents with representation and the ability to have their opinions heard on issues that matter most in their community.
The political climate in Atwood township, KS is strongly conservative.
Rawlins County, KS is very conservative. In Rawlins County, KS 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rawlins county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 14.2%.
Rawlins county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atwood township, KS is strongly conservative.
Rawlins 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.
Atwood 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 Atwood township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $37,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $428 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $18,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)