Freedom Township in Ellis County, Kansas is a small rural community that has a strong sense of pride and tradition. The politics in Freedom Township are reflective of the values held by the town’s residents. The people of Freedom Township strive to make their community a safe and prosperous place for all who live there. Local political candidates often focus on issues that reflect this goal, such as educational quality, infrastructure development, public safety initiatives, and economic development. Elections typically have high levels of voter turnout and feature debates among candidates from both parties about how best to improve the community. Most residents of Freedom Township take part in local politics and strive to be informed on the important issues affecting their town.
The political climate in Freedom township (Ellis County), KS is very conservative.
Ellis County, KS is very conservative. In Ellis County, KS 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.0%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freedom township (Ellis County), KS is very conservative.
Ellis County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hays 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.
Freedom township (Ellis 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 Freedom township (Ellis County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 354 contributions totaling $54,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $104,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)