Valley Township is located in Linn County, Kansas. It is a small rural community with a population of about 300 people. The local politics of Valley Township are focused on keeping the community small and close-knit while still providing essential services to its residents. These services include access to public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. The town is governed by a Board of Trustees who work together with the Mayor to ensure the town’s needs are met and that it continues to thrive. In addition to the Board of Trustees, there are several local political organizations which focus on advocating for various issues within the township such as access to healthcare and education. Overall, Valley Township emphasizes local governance and citizen involvement in order to promote a safe, healthy, and cohesive community.
The political climate in Valley township (Linn County), KS is very conservative.
Linn County, KS is very conservative. In Linn County, KS 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 17.8%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley township (Linn County), KS is very conservative.
Linn County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Valley township (Linn 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 Valley township (Linn County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $1,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)