Elm Creek Township in Saline County, Kansas is a small rural community with a population of about 500 people. Politically, it is a mix of Republican and Democratic voters. Local elections are typically low-key affairs, although every election cycle candidates from both major parties make an effort to campaign in the area. In recent years there has been a renewal of interest in local politics as members of both parties have become more involved in the campaigns. Recently, the county has seen several close races for township positions that have highlighted the importance of local politics and energized voters in Elm Creek Township to get more involved in their own backyard.
The political climate in Elm Creek township (Saline County), KS is strongly conservative.
Saline County, KS is strongly conservative. In Saline County, KS 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elm Creek township (Saline County), KS is strongly conservative.
Saline County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Salina 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.
Elm Creek township (Saline 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 Elm Creek township (Saline County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 968 contributions totaling $101,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 469 contributions totaling $224,489 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $479 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)