Freedom Township in Republic County, KS is a small rural community with an estimated population of around 200 people. The township is governed by a board of trustees that consists of three voting members who are elected to staggered four-year terms. The primary political issues that affect the local community tend to be related to the budget and taxation. In recent years, the township has seen a steady decline in population due to rural flight, making it difficult for the town to maintain and sustain their services and infrastructure. As such, taxation is an issue that has been heavily debated amongst local politicians as they strive to figure out how best to keep public services functioning while maintaining a reasonable level of taxation. Additionally, Freedom Township has recently faced significant controversy over its handling of land development and zoning regulations which has been opposed by many residents as well as prominent environmental activists from across the region.
The political climate in Freedom township (Republic County), KS is strongly conservative.
Republic County, KS is very conservative. In Republic County, KS 16.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Republic county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.0%.
Republic county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freedom township (Republic County), KS is strongly conservative.
Republic 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.
Freedom township (Republic 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 Freedom township (Republic County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $4,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $18,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,044 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)