Walnut Creek, KS is a small rural community with a population just over 1,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor and five elected city council members. This small local government works to ensure that the citizens of Walnut Creek have access to the resources necessary and that they live in an environment that is safe and secure. The current mayor, Rebecca Sanders, has been in office since 2015 and was re-elected in 2019 for another four years. She takes pride in working with the city council members to make decisions that are beneficial for the welfare of the town's residents. They work hard to ensure that any changes they make are fair for everyone involved. Furthermore, they strive to keep taxes low while still providing quality services such as police and fire protection, trash collection, road maintenance, parks and recreation programs, library services, public health initiatives, senior centers and more. All of these efforts combine into a cohesive effort on behalf of the local government to ensure the residents of Walnut Creek can enjoy a peaceful life with all of their needs met.
The political climate in Walnut Creek, KS is very conservative.
Mitchell County, KS is very conservative. In Mitchell County, KS 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.0%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walnut Creek, KS is very conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Walnut Creek, 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 Walnut Creek, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)