Sumner Township (Reno County), KS is home to a variety of political views and beliefs. The township consists of citizens who are politically diverse, ranging from Democrats to Republicans and Independents. The local government is run by three elected board members who work together to create policies and laws that best represent the community's wishes. Public meetings are held monthly in order to provide constituents with an opportunity to voice their dissenting opinions, as well as discuss any legislation that is being presented or voted on. In addition, local elections are held regularly for positions such as mayor, sheriff, and commissioner. Sumner Township also contracts with a private firm for the purpose of conducting special elections when needed. With its wide variety of political views represented, Sumner Township is an environment where strong debates occur in order to determine which policies should be implemented in order to create a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Sumner township (Reno County), KS is very conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumner township (Reno County), KS is very conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Sumner township (Reno 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 Sumner township (Reno County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $6,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $7,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)