Melvern Township, KS is located in Osage County. It has a small population of around 700 people that enjoy a quiet and peaceful atmosphere. Politically, the township is heavily Republican with nearly all local elections being won by candidates of the party. In recent years, Melvern has produced several local political figures who have gone on to serve at higher levels of government. These politicians have been instrumental in championing conservative causes like cutting taxes and regulations as well as advocating for public education reform. While not every resident of Melvern may agree with these platforms, they appreciate the effort that their representatives put forth to represent their interests in Topeka and Washington D.C.
The political climate in Melvern township, KS is very conservative.
Osage County, KS is very conservative. In Osage County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 26.6%.
Osage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Melvern township, KS is very conservative.
Osage County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Melvern 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 Melvern township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $5,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $8,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)