Colfax township (Wilson Cnty), KS is a small rural community located in the south-central portion of the state. The township has a long history of being an agricultural and farming area with a population of just over 1,400 people. Despite its small size, Colfax township is very politically active. The local Township Board consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms, and there are several other local offices that citizens can vote for including the Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor and one Justice of the Peace. There are also numerous special committees that have been set up to address specific topics such as education, planning and zoning, finance, roads and bridges, cemetery maintenance and more. In addition to these positions and committees, there are also various political organizations in Colfax township such as the Republican Party and Democratic Party. All of these organizations work together to ensure that Colfax residents have access to fair representation on local issues.
The political climate in Colfax 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
Colfax 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.
Colfax 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 Colfax township (Wilson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $2,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $29,982 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)