Grinnell Township, KS is a small rural community located in the central part of Kansas. The politics in Grinnell Township are focused on local issues that affect its citizens. In recent years, the township has seen an increase in interest in local political candidates who have expressed their desire to represent the people of Grinnell Township and fight for the rights and interests of its citizens. The Grinnell Township Board of Supervisors oversees all the municipal affairs of the township, such as setting taxes, approving zoning ordinances, and managing public works projects. Residents also have direct influence on local politics by voting for their chosen candidates during elections. Additionally, members of the community can take advantage of local meetings to voice their opinions and concerns about proposed policies and programs in order to ensure that their voices are heard at a local level.
The political climate in Grinnell township, KS is strongly conservative.
Gove County, KS is very conservative. In Gove County, KS 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gove county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.8% to 11.3%.
Gove county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grinnell township, KS is strongly conservative.
Gove 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.
Grinnell township, 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 Grinnell township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $30,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)