Walnut Township, located in Reno County, Kansas, is a small rural area with a population of only around 1,000 people. The politics in the township are generally conservative and tend to favor Republican candidates. Residents of Walnut Township take an active interest in local politics and often elect officials with close ties to the community. Local elections tend to have low voter turnouts due to the smaller population size. However, residents are passionate about their political beliefs and make sure their voice is heard when it comes to important decisions made at the local level. Issues such as education, infrastructure, economic development, and health care are always on the forefront of political conversations in Walnut Township.
The political climate in Walnut township (Reno County), KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walnut township (Reno County), KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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 (Reno 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 (Reno County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $15,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $5,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)