Washington Township is located in Nemaha County, Kansas. This small rural community has a long history of local politics being a major part of the community’s lifeblood. The township is home to several small towns and communities that are served by the county government. Local elections are held every two years for county offices as well as special issues voted on by residents. Over the past few years, the political landscape in Washington Township has become increasingly polarized, with candidates representing both sides of the political spectrum vying for votes. Issues such as taxes, budgets, and local infrastructure projects have been key points of debate during elections. Voter turnout is usually high in Washington Township's elections and the results often demonstrate a strong commitment to local issues and values.
The political climate in Washington township (Nemaha County), KS is very conservative.
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative. In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Nemaha County), KS is very conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Washington township (Nemaha 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 Washington township (Nemaha County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $8,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $99,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $552 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)