Crawford Township, located in Crawford County, Kansas, is a small rural area that is home to a tight-knit community. The township is overseen by a board of three trustees who are elected on staggered terms every two years. The candidates for these positions do not come from the traditional political parties and instead are local residents who have been nominated by their peers. These candidates usually reflect the needs and values of the community and strive to find solutions that will benefit the entire township. In recent years, issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education funding and public safety have been at the forefront of local politics in Crawford Township. Through the cooperative efforts of its citizens and its elected officials, Crawford Township has been able to move forward together while still preserving its small town charm.
The political climate in Crawford township (Crawford County), KS is moderately conservative.
Crawford County, KS is moderately conservative. In Crawford County, KS 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawford township (Crawford County), KS is moderately conservative.
Crawford County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg 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.
Crawford township (Crawford County), Kansas: r r d 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 Crawford township (Crawford County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,310 contributions totaling $124,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 416 contributions totaling $555,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)