Buckeye Township is located in Ellis County, Kansas and is part of the larger Hays Metropolitan Statistical Area. The township is served by a Board of Trustees that is responsible for local governance. They oversee the safety, health, and general welfare of all citizens within Buckeye Township. The board works on issues such as zoning, road maintenance, public safety, economic development, public works and many more to ensure the wellbeing of all residents. Local political candidates are chosen at election time when voters cast their ballots for the individuals they think will best represent their community’s interests. Issues such as taxation, education, transportation and development are at the forefront during campaigns as candidates discuss how they would like to better serve Buckeye Township if elected into office.
The political climate in Buckeye township (Ellis County), KS is very conservative.
Ellis County, KS is very conservative. In Ellis County, KS 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.0%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buckeye township (Ellis County), KS is very conservative.
Ellis County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hays 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.
Buckeye township (Ellis County), 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 Buckeye township (Ellis County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 357 contributions totaling $54,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 319 contributions totaling $107,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)