Rock Creek Township, located in Cowley County, Kansas is a small community with an estimated population of 695 as of the 2010 census. The township has a long history of local politics and is served by a board of three trustees who are elected to serve staggered four-year terms. The township trustees are responsible for providing municipal services such as road maintenance, trash pickup, and other related public services. In addition to the trustees, residents of Rock Creek Township also vote for representatives at the county level, including members of the Cowley County Commission and representatives who serve in both the Kansas House and Senate. These representatives are responsible for developing laws that affect all citizens in Cowley County as well as taking part in issues that may affect all people living throughout the state of Kansas.
The political climate in Rock Creek township (Cowley County), KS is very conservative.
Cowley County, KS is very conservative. In Cowley County, KS 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cowley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Cowley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rock Creek township (Cowley County), KS is very conservative.
Cowley 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.
Rock Creek township (Cowley 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 Rock Creek township (Cowley County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 340 contributions totaling $38,092 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $17,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)