Stanton Township in Ottawa County, Kansas is a vibrant rural community with an active political landscape. The majority of local political decisions are made by the five members of the Stanton Township Board, elected by residents every two years. Aside from setting policy and zoning regulations, they manage the budget for road improvements, fire protection services, and other township services. While there is no local mayor or city council in Stanton Township, there is an active citizen base that regularly participates in town meetings to discuss current issues facing the community. Local advocacy groups such as the Stanton Community Project work to mobilize citizens around important issues like school funding and public safety policies. With its strong sense of community and commitment to civic engagement, Stanton Township is an excellent example of rural governance in action.
The political climate in Stanton township (Ottawa County), KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton township (Ottawa County), KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina Metro Area 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.
Stanton township (Ottawa 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 Stanton township (Ottawa County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $4,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $55,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)