Cedar Township is located in Wilson County, Kansas and is a small rural community with a population of just over 3,000 people. The local politics of Cedar Township are largely driven by the residents who actively participate in the elections for local government representatives. In recent years, the town has elected candidates from the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties to represent them on the county level. These candidates have worked to make sure that the needs of their constituents are met and that their voices are heard on important local issues such as taxes, education, healthcare, infrastructure, and public safety. Local elections have become increasingly competitive and important in recent years as residents recognize both the need for comprehensive representation and the importance of civic engagement.
The political climate in Cedar township (Wilson County), KS is strongly conservative.
Wilson County, KS is very conservative. In Wilson County, KS 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.3%.
Wilson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar township (Wilson County), KS is strongly conservative.
Wilson 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.
Cedar township (Wilson 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 Cedar township (Wilson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $14,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)