Richland Township is located in Miami County, Kansas and is an important part of the local political landscape. The township's government is run by a Board of Trustees composed of five members, each elected to a two-year term. The Board meets regularly to discuss matters affecting the township such as ordinances, finances, public safety, and infrastructure. Richland Township also has its own law enforcement departments which are responsible for upholding local laws and providing public safety for residents. Local elections take place every two years to select representatives for the Board and other key positions in the township’s government. These elections are critical because they allow citizens to have a direct say in how their community is managed. In addition to local politics, Richland Township also participates in state and national politics through voting in presidential and congressional elections. This ensures that the voices of Richland residents are heard not only on a local level but also at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Richland township (Miami County), KS is very conservative.
Miami County, KS is very conservative. In Miami County, KS 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.2%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Miami County), KS is very conservative.
Miami County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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 (Miami 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 (Miami County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $42,293 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $110,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)