Empire Township is located in Ellsworth County, Kansas and is a small rural community with a population of approximately 400 people. While the township does not have its own local political candidates, it is still heavily involved in politics at the county and state levels. Residents of Empire Township are committed to making sure their voices are heard when it comes to important issues such as healthcare, education, taxes and the economy. The township also works closely with nearby townships to ensure that their concerns on these matters are taken into consideration. Through organized meetings and events, including town hall meetings hosted by state representatives, citizens of Ellsworth County can come together to discuss and debate issues that affect them all. As a result, residents have been able to make their opinions known about proposed legislation that could potentially impact them and this small rural community of Empire Township.
The political climate in Empire township (Ellsworth County), KS is very conservative.
Ellsworth County, KS is very conservative. In Ellsworth County, KS 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellsworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.7%.
Ellsworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Empire township (Ellsworth County), KS is very conservative.
Ellsworth 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.
Empire township (Ellsworth 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 Empire township (Ellsworth County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $6,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $904 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)