Liberal Township, KS is a small rural community in northeast Kansas that has seen some political changes over the years. Although there are no local candidates or mayors to speak of, the residents of Liberal Township have been actively involved in state and national politics. At the state level, many Liberal Township residents participate in elections for local representatives in the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. On a national level, citizens here also cast their votes for members of Congress as well as for presidential candidates. Despite their small population, Liberal Township residents take their civic duties seriously and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to choosing leaders who represent them on various levels.
The political climate in Liberal township, KS is moderately conservative.
Seward County, KS is strongly conservative. In Seward County, KS 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.6%.
Seward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberal township, KS is moderately conservative.
Seward County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Liberal Metro Area is strongly 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.
Liberal 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 Liberal township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $6,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $96,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)