Richland Township (Marshall County), KS is a small rural community with approximately 805 residents. Although not densely populated, the area has an active local government that strives to provide the best services to its citizens. The Township is governed by a Board of Trustees, which consists of three members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The current board includes Chairman Bill Jones, Vice Chairman Nancy Ward and Treasurer Ann Taylor. Additionally, Richland Township is served by a clerk and a deputy clerk. At the county level, Marshall County residents elect representatives to serve in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. Local schools are overseen by the Unified School District #207 for both school district issues as well as education policy decisions. Overall, Richland Township has an engaged political system that serves its citizens well.
The political climate in Richland township (Marshall County), KS is very conservative.
Marshall County, KS is very conservative. In Marshall County, KS 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Marshall County), KS is very conservative.
Marshall 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.
Richland township (Marshall 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 Richland township (Marshall County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)