Lane township (Smith County), KS Voting


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Lane Township, located in Smith County, Kansas, is a small rural community with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its size, the township is home to an active and vibrant political environment. Several local organizations are dedicated to promoting civic engagement and increasing voter turnout for both state and federal elections. In addition, regular town hall meetings are held throughout the year to discuss issues relevant to the community. Political candidates running for office in Lane Township have included representatives from both major parties as well as independent candidates. These different candidates bring different perspectives on important topics such as economic development and education reform. As such, politicking in Lane Township ensures that all voices are heard and that there is ample opportunity for diverse opinions to be expressed.

The political climate in Lane township (Smith County), KS is strongly conservative.

Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Lane township (Smith County), KS is strongly conservative.


Smith 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.

Lane township (Smith 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 Lane township (Smith County), KS

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $4,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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