Canton Township in Kingman County, Kansas is a small rural community with a population of around 500. The township has long been an active part of local politics, as it has several representatives who are elected to serve on the Kingman County Board of Commissioners. These representatives are responsible for setting policies that affect the township and ensuring its financial stability. Local residents also have the opportunity to vote for their mayor and other elected officials who help shape the direction of the township. Issues that have recently been addressed in Canton Township include planning for economic development, maintaining roads and bridges, and protecting natural resources such as wildlife habitats. Community involvement is encouraged and residents can become involved by attending town meetings or by getting involved in local volunteer activities.
The political climate in Canton township (Kingman County), KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, KS is very conservative. In Kingman County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.0%.
Kingman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton township (Kingman County), KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Canton township (Kingman 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 Canton township (Kingman County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $14,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)