Superior Township (Osage County), KS is a small rural community with a population of around 600 people. It is located just outside the city of Osage City, KS. Despite its small size, Superior Township has an active local government that takes part in many aspects of civic life. The residents have several elected officials to represent them at the county level and are served by a township supervisor, four township trustees, and a township clerk. These elected officials work closely together to ensure the community’s needs are met on various issues related to local taxation, zoning laws, public infrastructure projects, and land use regulations. Additionally, they take steps to make sure the Township’s citizens remain informed about important local matters such as upcoming elections or public meetings. Overall, Superior Township has a strong sense of politics and government involvement that helps shape the future of this rural Kansas town.
The political climate in Superior township (Osage County), KS is very conservative.
Osage County, KS is very conservative. In Osage County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 26.6%.
Osage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Superior township (Osage County), KS is very conservative.
Osage County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Superior township (Osage 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 Superior township (Osage County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $6,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)