Rush County, Kansas is a small rural county located in the Midwest. It has a population of just over 4,000 people and is governed at the local level by Rush County Commissioners. The current commissioners are Dean Lammers, James Engel and Brent Hurst. They focus on important issues such as roads, bridges, public safety and services for local citizens. Rush County is also served by several state representatives including Joseph Scapa, who represents District 37 in the Kansas State House of Representatives. The area is also represented in the Kansas Senate by Marci Francisco who serves in District 25. These elected officials work to ensure that all residents of Rush County have access to quality public services and infrastructure that will help make their lives better. With its low-density population and rural setting, Rush County politics can sometimes be more focused on agricultural concerns than national issues but all efforts are made to ensure fair representation for all members of the community.
The political climate in Illinois township (Rush County), KS is strongly conservative.
Rush County, KS is very conservative. In Rush County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rush county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.6%.
Rush county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Illinois township (Rush County), KS is strongly conservative.
Rush 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.
Illinois township (Rush 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 Illinois township (Rush County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)