Walnut Township in Crawford County, Kansas is part of the larger Crawford County political system. In this system, local citizens elect representatives to serve on the county commission and school board. The current county commissioner for Walnut Township is Bob Jones, who was elected in 2018. He has worked hard to ensure that the needs of his constituents are met in a timely manner. Additionally, Cindy Smith serves on the school board representing Walnut Township. Both Bob and Cindy have made it a priority to support education initiatives and provide resources for local students so they can reach their goals. The local political climate is focused on improving the community for its residents and making sure everyone has access to quality services. With leaders like Bob and Cindy at the helm, it's no wonder why Walnut Township continues to thrive!
The political climate in Walnut township, KS is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, KS is moderately conservative. In Crawford County, KS 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walnut township, KS is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg Metro Area is moderately 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, Kansas: r r d 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, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $24,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $3,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)