Hanover Township, KS is a small municipality located in the northern part of the state. It is governed by an elected three-person board who serve four-year terms. The board is responsible for making decisions about public services and activities such as road maintenance, water services, emergency services, zoning and planning, and more. The board also sets the township's budget each year. Local residents have a voice in the decision making process through their elected representatives on the board. Every election, citizens of Hanover Township go to the polls to choose their representatives based on who they think will best represent their interests in local government. While there are no specific political candidates running for office in Hanover Township at this time, residents still have a say in shaping the future of their community by getting involved in local politics and making sure that those elected to serve truly represent the needs of all people living within town borders.
The political climate in Hanover township, KS is very conservative.
Washington County, KS is very conservative. In Washington County, KS 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover township, KS is very conservative.
Washington 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.
Hanover township, 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 Hanover township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $4,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $1,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)