Washington Township in Crawford County, Kansas is a small rural town known for its tight-knit community. Although it has a small population, the town is filled with passionate and engaged citizens who are active in local politics. There is an elected board of trustees responsible for making decisions that affect the town’s residents. The board consists of five members who each serve two-year terms. Decisions are made through open discussions and public votes at township meetings. Local elections often draw candidates from both major political parties as well as independent candidates who reflect the values of Washington Township's unique community. Additionally, Washington Township has representatives at the state level in Topeka who make sure their voices are heard on important issues like education, healthcare, and infrastructure development.
The political climate in Washington township (Crawford County), KS is moderately 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
Washington township (Crawford County), KS is moderately 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.
Washington township (Crawford County), 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 Washington township (Crawford County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,398 contributions totaling $133,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 443 contributions totaling $562,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)