Richmond Township (Nemaha Cnty), KS is a small rural community located in the northeastern corner of Kansas. This area of the state has traditionally been known for its strong conservative values, and this is reflected in its local politics. The Republican Party holds a majority of seats on the township board, while no Democrats have ever held office. The current board consists of five members, all of whom are Republicans. The local political scene is fairly quiet, with most elections passing without much fanfare or interest from the general public. Local issues that do come up tend to be focused on matters such as road maintenance, public safety, and educational funding. There are several annual events throughout the year which bring many of the residents together to discuss local issues and concerns in an effort to improve life in Richmond Township.
The political climate in Richmond township (Nemaha County), KS is strongly conservative.
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative. In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richmond township (Nemaha County), KS is strongly conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Richmond township (Nemaha 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 Richmond township (Nemaha County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $3,098 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $10,535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)