Farmer Township (Wabaunsee County), KS is a small rural community located in northeast Kansas. It has a diverse population that includes farmers, manufacturing workers, and other professionals who work in the surrounding area. The local politics of Farmer Township generally reflect the values of its residents – they are conservative in nature and emphasize fiscal responsibility and limited government. The township is governed by an elected three-member Board of Supervisors that makes decisions on local issues such as zoning, taxes, roads, and public safety services for the citizens. Local elections typically bring out large numbers of voters who take part in selecting their representatives to serve on the Board. Other local government officials include a Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, Surveyor, Constable, Justice of Peace and Roadmaster. Additionally, Farmer Township has representation on the Wabaunsee County Commission. Issues discussed at these meetings range from county-wide road projects to budgeting decisions for the entire county.
The political climate in Farmer township (Wabaunsee County), KS is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, KS is very conservative. In Wabaunsee County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabaunsee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.7%.
Wabaunsee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Farmer township (Wabaunsee County), KS is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Farmer township (Wabaunsee 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 Farmer township (Wabaunsee County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $3,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $13,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)