Garfield Township is located in Ottawa County, Kansas and is part of the state's 4th congressional district. The township has a conservative voting record, typically siding with Republican candidates in state and national elections. Local residents are represented by several elected officials including the county sheriff, county attorney, county commissioner, and township trustee. In addition to these leaders, the citizens of Garfield Township also have representation from their local representatives in the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate. These representatives work to support issues important to the community such as infrastructure improvements, tax relief, public safety measures, and economic development initiatives. All of these efforts help make Garfield Township a great place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in Garfield township (Ottawa County), KS is strongly conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield township (Ottawa County), KS is strongly conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina Metro Area 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.
Garfield township (Ottawa 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 Garfield township (Ottawa County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $6,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)