Woodston, KS is a small town with a population of just over 1,500 people. The local politics in this town are mostly focused on the issues that affect its citizens directly, such as infrastructure improvements or additional funding for local schools. The city holds regular elections to determine who will represent them on the Woodston City Council and other governing bodies. Currently, there are five council members who serve two-year terms. They are responsible for enacting legislation that affects all citizens of the city. Furthermore, they work together to ensure that services and programs are maintained in order to meet the needs of their constituents. In addition to these duties they also take part in economic development activities and handle any disputes between citizens and businesses within the city limits.
The political climate in Woodston, KS is very conservative.
Rooks County, KS is very conservative. In Rooks County, KS 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rooks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Rooks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodston, KS is very conservative.
Rooks 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.
Woodston, 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 Woodston, 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 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)