Walnut Township (Atchison County), KS is a small rural area located in the northeastern corner of the state. The township has a long history of political involvement, with a mix of local and national issues that affect its population. Locally, the government is responsible for making decisions that affect roads, schools, utilities, public safety, and other aspects of life within the township. At the national level, Walnut Township residents have been involved in recent debates over immigration policy and health care reform. The people of Walnut Township also regularly participate in elections by voting for candidates who they believe will best represent their interests in Washington. With a strong commitment to civic engagement, citizens are actively involved in the political process and often voice their opinions on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Walnut township (Atchison County), KS is strongly conservative.
Atchison County, KS is very conservative. In Atchison County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.7%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walnut township (Atchison County), KS is strongly conservative.
Atchison County, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison 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.
Walnut township (Atchison 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 Walnut township (Atchison County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $18,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $68,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $830 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)