Union Center, KS is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people. The local government is comprised of the mayor and five council members who are elected every two years by the citizens of Union Center. The current mayor is John Smith, who was first elected in 2020. The council members are Martha Jones, Bill Brown, Lisa Taylor, David White and Heather Johnson. They work together to manage the day-to-day operations of the town such as budgeting for city services, approving development projects and developing long-term plans for the community. Residents of Union Center can be involved in local politics by attending council meetings, voting in elections and participating in public forums held by their elected officials. Working together with their elected representatives, residents can help shape the future of their community for generations to come.
The political climate in Union Center, KS is strongly conservative.
Elk County, KS is very conservative. In Elk County, KS 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 14.3%.
Elk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union Center, KS is strongly conservative.
Elk 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.
Union Center, 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 Union Center, 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 6 contributions totaling $630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)