Mount Pleasant Township (Atchison County), KS is a small rural community in northeastern Kansas. The township is governed by elected officials, who are responsible for making decisions that affect the local area. At the head of the government is the Mount Pleasant Township Board of Trustees, which consists of five members. These trustees are responsible for enacting policies and ordinances to ensure the residents of Mount Pleasant Township are able to live in a safe and healthy environment. Additionally, the trustees approve local budgets and tax rates each year. In addition to these duties, they serve as liaisons between the citizens of Mount Pleasant Township and other governmental entities at both local and state level. The board meetings are open to public attendance and allow residents to provide input on important matters facing the township.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant township (Atchison County), KS is strongly conservative.
Atchison County, KS is very conservative. In Atchison County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.7%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant township (Atchison County), KS is strongly conservative.
Atchison County, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison 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.
Mount Pleasant township (Atchison 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 Mount Pleasant township (Atchison County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $19,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $68,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $830 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)