Richland Township, located in Stafford County, Kansas is a rural community with a population of just under 500 people. The township is governed by three Trustees who are elected to four-year terms. Over the years, these trustees have been responsible for overseeing the township's budget and taking care of day-to-day operations. They have also been involved in making decisions on zoning and other local matters. Voters in Richland Township are able to cast their ballots during both primary and general elections. The current trustees were elected in 2018 and will be up for re-election again in 2022. Although there are no local political candidates at this time, residents can take part in influencing the politics of Richland Township by staying informed about current issues and participating in public forums that discuss local affairs.
The political climate in Richland township (Stafford County), KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford County, KS is very conservative. In Stafford County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.6%.
Stafford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Stafford County), KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford 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 (Stafford 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 (Stafford County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $7,619 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)