White Rock township (Lane Cnty), KS is a small rural community with a population of approximately 2,000 residents. The local government is composed of a three-member board of supervisors and a clerk who oversee the day-to-day operations. Elections for these positions are held every two years. The current members of the board are Bob Smith, Jim Johnson, and Sharon Burton. All three have been in office since 2016 and are up for re-election this year. White Rock prides itself on having an open dialogue between its citizens and its elected officials. People can voice their opinions on issues such as zoning, tax levies, public safety, and other civic matters at Town Hall meetings or online forums set up by the Board. Generally speaking, residents of White Rock township desire to maintain a peaceful and prosperous community while embracing progress through responsible growth initiatives.
The political climate in White Rock township (Lane County), KS is very conservative.
Lane County, KS is very conservative. In Lane County, KS 12.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lane county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 12.8%.
Lane county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Rock township (Lane County), KS is very conservative.
Lane 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.
White Rock township (Lane 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 White Rock township (Lane County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $12,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)