Bennington Township, KS is a small rural area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The local political climate is mostly conservative, with a focus on fiscal responsibility and limited government involvement. Local politics in Bennington Township focuses primarily on issues that directly affect the community such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and education funding. While there are no local political candidates running at this time, members of the community often come together to discuss their ideas and opinions which can then be discussed at Township meetings. The general atmosphere in Bennington Township is one of collaboration and compromise between members of all political persuasions.
The political climate in Bennington township, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bennington township, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina Metro Area 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.
Bennington 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 Bennington township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,055 contributions totaling $116,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 522 contributions totaling $233,607 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)