Emporia Township, KS is an area with a rich political history. The township is governed by a Board of Trustees which oversees the services provided to its citizens. This board consists of five trustees elected by the local residents to represent their interests. The trustees are responsible for setting policy and providing guidance on matters such as taxation, public safety, roads, infrastructure and other important issues. In addition, they often hire various professionals to provide advice on specific topics. Local political candidates from Emporia Township are chosen through an election process in which citizens vote for their preferred candidate. As a result, the Emporia Township has seen many qualified individuals enter into politics over the years who have worked hard to serve their constituents and make positive changes within the community.
The political climate in Emporia township, KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Lyon County, KS 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained strongly Republican, 53.7% to 43.1%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emporia township, KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Emporia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Emporia township, 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 Emporia township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,319 contributions totaling $46,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $25,665 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)