Center Township (Jewell County), KS is a rural area with a small population of around 1,000 people. The township is governed by an elected board of trustees that are responsible for the overall well-being of the township and its citizens. These trustees serve staggered 4-year terms and are responsible for overseeing municipal services such as roads, public safety, land use/zoning, and other local issues. Local elections for trustee positions occur every two years with the election cycle beginning in February and ending in April. Voter participation in these elections has been low in recent years due to the township's small population size. Despite this, the trustees have been able to make positive changes to improve the quality of life within Center Township and continue to be dedicated to serve their community.
The political climate in Center township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell County, KS is very conservative. In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Center township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell 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.
Center township (Jewell 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 Center township (Jewell County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $6,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $819 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $4,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)