White Rock Township in Republic County, KS is a small rural community with politics that are heavily influenced by local concerns. With low population density and many long-term residents, the township has experienced relatively little political change over the years. The township’s government is run by three supervisors who are elected by local citizens and serve staggered terms of three years apiece. Local issues important to White Rock Township involve water rights and upkeep of public utilities such as roads, parks, and other infrastructure. Much of the economic prosperity of the area is reliant on agriculture and livestock production which is why there tends to be a focus on supporting those industries in its politics. Despite its small size, White Rock Township has an active political scene with residents eager to participate in local government decisions that affect their everyday lives.
The political climate in White Rock township (Republic County), KS is strongly conservative.
Republic County, KS is very conservative. In Republic County, KS 16.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Republic county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.0%.
Republic county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Rock township (Republic County), KS is strongly conservative.
Republic 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 (Republic 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 (Republic County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $10,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,050 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)