Scott Township in Lincoln County, Kansas is a rural town with a population of 865 according to the 2010 census. It is a quintessential small town with a tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Politically, the township is represented by both state and federal government officials. On the state level, Scott Township is represented by Senator Jerry Moran and Representative Tracey Mann in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives, respectively. On the federal level, Scott Township is represented by Senator Pat Roberts and Representative Roger Marshall in the US Senate and House of Representatives respectively. With its tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride, it's no wonder that politics are important in Scott Township. Residents take their political views seriously and are always looking for candidates to best represent their needs at all levels of government.
The political climate in Scott township (Lincoln County), KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, KS is very conservative. In Lincoln County, KS 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 16.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scott township (Lincoln County), KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Scott township (Lincoln 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 Scott township (Lincoln County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $2,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)