Empire Township, located in McPherson County, Kansas, is a small rural community with close connections to its agricultural heritage. The township has an active local political presence that focuses on the economic development and quality of life for its citizens. The members of the local government have worked hard to ensure that Empire Township remains a safe place to live while also providing job opportunities as well as recreational activities. Local political candidates in Empire Township recognize that their constituents care about maintaining their agricultural roots while also preserving the natural beauty of the area. Candidates understand that they need to be engaged with the community and are committed to working together on solutions that benefit everyone in Empire Township.
The political climate in Empire township (McPherson County), KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, KS is very conservative. In McPherson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Empire township (McPherson County), KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, Kansas is very conservative.
McPherson 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.
Empire township (McPherson 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 (McPherson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $13,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 368 contributions totaling $70,907 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)