Liberty Township, located in Labette County, Kansas, is a small rural community with a rich political history. The township is served by the local county government and many elected officials who work to ensure the state’s laws are adhered to and that their constituents’ interests are represented. In recent years, Liberty Township has become an important part of the national democratic movement as candidates from both major parties have campaigned for local office. At the same time, local issues related to economic development and environmental protection remain high on the agenda in Liberty Township, making it an important destination for any politician looking to make a difference.
The political climate in Liberty township (Labette County), KS is strongly conservative.
Labette County, KS is very conservative. In Labette County, KS 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Labette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.0%.
Labette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Labette County), KS is strongly conservative.
Labette County, Kansas is very conservative.
Parsons Metro Area 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.
Liberty township (Labette 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 Liberty township (Labette County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $10,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $28,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)