Odessa Township (Rice County), KS is a rural area with a small population. It is governed by the board of county commissioners, and elections are held every two years. The current county commissioner for Odessa Township is Bruce Smith, who was elected in 2018 and will remain in office until 2020. The commission sets the budget and creates policies to ensure that Odessa Township remains a safe and prosperous place to live. They also provide services to people living in the township, such as roads maintenance, public safety, libraries, courts, parks and recreation, law enforcement, education and other community services. In addition to the county commissioners, there are also other local political figures that help make decisions about how to best serve the people of Odessa Township. These leaders work together with local businesses and organizations to create plans and initiatives that will make Odessa Township a great place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Odessa, KS is very conservative.
Rice County, KS is very conservative. In Rice County, KS 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 22.3%.
Rice county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Odessa, KS is very conservative.
Rice 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.
Odessa, 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 Odessa, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)