Lone Elm township, KS is a small rural community located in the Midwestern United States. It is known for its strong community values and traditional ways of life. Politics in Lone Elm are relatively low key, with local politics traditionally focused on issues such as public safety, infrastructure, education reforms, and maintaining the quality of life for local residents. The main political issues facing the town are largely centered around taxes and spending levels to ensure that vital services can be provided to the community without breaking the budget. Local elections have historically been decided by a majority vote within the town's borders, allowing officials to represent their constituents with greater accuracy than larger towns or cities. In recent years, however, politicians from outside Lone Elm have started to step up and campaign for election in order to raise awareness of their agenda in this small but important corner of Kansas.
The political climate in Lone Elm township, KS is very conservative.
Anderson County, KS is very conservative. In Anderson County, KS 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lone Elm township, KS is very conservative.
Anderson 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.
Lone Elm 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 Lone Elm township, 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 5 contributions totaling $185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)