Toronto, KS is a small town located in the midwestern United States. Politically, it is a solidly conservative area, with traditional values and strong support for local businesses. The city government consists of a mayor and five elected city council members who meet on a regular basis to discuss issues facing the community. Voters in Toronto are engaged and have the opportunity to choose from a variety of candidates in any given election cycle. Local elections generally have low turnout, however, since most residents are satisfied with the current leadership. The political landscape in Toronto is dominated by members of the Republican Party who mostly support traditional values and limited government intervention. This makes it difficult for progressive candidates to gain traction in an otherwise socially conservative atmosphere. Overall, politics in Toronto is fairly predictable and local representatives usually pass legislation that reflects the wishes of their constituents.
The political climate in Toronto, KS is very conservative.
Woodson County, KS is very conservative. In Woodson County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.0%.
Woodson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Toronto, KS is very conservative.
Woodson 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.
Toronto, 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 Toronto, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $1,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)