Garfield Township, located in Wabaunsee County, Kansas is a small rural community with a strong sense of community pride. The township is governed by three elected commissioners who serve staggered four-year terms and who are responsible for setting the budget and managing the day-to-day operations of the township. Residents of Garfield Township also have the right to vote in local elections for the county sheriff, county attorney, state representatives, and United States representatives. In addition to these offices, there are several special districts within Garfield Township that are represented by their own elected officials. These special districts include school boards, fire protection districts, parks and recreation boards, cemetery boards, and other related organizations. With such a wide range of representatives in office, Garfield Township residents have an active voice in their local government.
The political climate in Garfield township (Wabaunsee County), KS is strongly conservative.
Wabaunsee County, KS is very conservative. In Wabaunsee County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabaunsee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.7%.
Wabaunsee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield township (Wabaunsee County), KS is strongly conservative.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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 (Wabaunsee 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 (Wabaunsee County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $4,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)