Union Township (Dickinson County), KS is a rural township located in the North Central region of Kansas. The population of Union Township is around 500 people, making it one of the smallest townships in Dickinson County. Its local politics are governed by an elected board that consists of five members who serve for two-year terms. Union Township has had a long history of political involvement and active participation from its citizens. Every election cycle, citizens of Union Township come out to vote for their preferred candidates and help bring about change in their local government. Currently, there are several candidates running for office in Union Township, with each candidate offering different perspectives on how to improve the community and address important issues like public safety and development.
The political climate in Union township (Dickinson County), KS is very conservative.
Dickinson County, KS is very conservative. In Dickinson County, KS 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.0%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Dickinson County), KS is very conservative.
Dickinson 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.
Union township (Dickinson 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 Union township (Dickinson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $7,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $4,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)