Grant township is located in Russell County, Kansas and is home to a small population of people. The political atmosphere in Grant Township is largely steered by the local government. At the county level, the elected officials are mainly Republican with voters from both major parties participating in local elections. The board of county commissioners consists of three members who are chosen by popular vote from the residents of each district or ward. These members work to ensure that all matters regarding taxation, infrastructure, and other county-level services are managed efficiently and effectively. Additionally, all six townships within Russell County have their own trustee boards dedicated to representing their respective community’s interests in a variety of ways. In Grant Township specifically, citizens can reach out to these trustees for help with issues ranging from maintaining adequate roads to addressing environmental concerns. All in all, Grant Township’s politics are fairly typical for rural Kansas communities, where local government plays an important role in shaping policy and providing resources for its constituents.
The political climate in Grant township (Russell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Russell County, KS is very conservative. In Russell County, KS 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.3%.
Russell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant township (Russell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Russell 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.
Grant township (Russell 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 Grant township (Russell County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,838 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $13,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)