Hiawatha Township, KS is a small township with a population of approximately 200 people. The township elects a mayor and four trustees to oversee its government. In recent years, the local citizens have risen up to fight against rising taxes and to make sure their voices are heard in the political process. Local candidates running for office have worked hard to ensure that the people of Hiawatha Township are represented in local politics. Candidates for mayor have promised to keep taxes low and work towards solutions that benefit all members of the community. Trustees have focused on improving public safety, increasing access to healthcare, and being transparent in their decisions. The local citizens of Hiawatha Township take their civic duty seriously and continue to be involved in the decision-making process at both state and local levels.
The political climate in Hiawatha township, KS is strongly conservative.
Brown County, KS is very conservative. In Brown County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 24.7%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hiawatha township, KS is strongly conservative.
Brown 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.
Hiawatha 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 Hiawatha township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $7,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $15,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)