Farmer Township (Rice County) in Kansas is an important part of the local political landscape. The township is governed by a board of trustees who are elected by the township’s citizens every two years. The trustees work together to make decisions about the township budget, roads and bridges, taxes, zoning regulations, public safety, and schools. In addition, Farmer Township (Rice County) holds elections for various countywide offices such as sheriff, county clerk and treasurer every four years. Every election cycle gives citizens the opportunity to choose local leaders who will represent their interests in the government. This process helps ensure that Farmer Township remains a strong and vibrant community with quality services for its residents.
The political climate in Farmer township (Rice County), KS is strongly conservative.
Rice County, KS is very conservative. In Rice County, KS 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 22.3%.
Rice county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmer township (Rice County), KS is strongly conservative.
Rice 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.
Farmer township (Rice County), 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 Farmer township (Rice County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $20,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)