Union Township in McPherson County, Kansas is an independent township and is not a part of any city or county government. Union Township is a rural area that largely consists of agricultural land. For local politics, the township is represented by its elected Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees are responsible for setting policy within the township, such as budgeting, zoning laws, and other regulations. It also serves to represent Union Township residents in conversations with the county government and other local organizations. This board is made up of five locally elected officials who are voted in by members of the community every two years. Members of this board have a strong interest in preserving the agricultural and rural character of Union Township while protecting its natural resources.
The political climate in Union township (McPherson County), KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, KS is very conservative. In McPherson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (McPherson County), KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, Kansas is very conservative.
McPherson 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.
Union township (McPherson 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 (McPherson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $41,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $5,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)