Washington Township in Jewell County, Kansas is a rural area with a population of just over 1,000 people. The township is politically active, with a focus on the local community and its needs. The citizens of Washington Township are represented by their elected officials on the Jewell County Commission, which oversees county government operations. Additionally, local politics in the township involve the selection of school board members and other representatives for special districts like fire protection districts. In recent years, issues such as tax policy, water rights, and land development have dominated the political agenda. Residents in Washington Township take any opportunity to make their voices heard by voting in local elections and participating in community discussions about current events.
The political climate in Washington township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell County, KS is very conservative. In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell 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 (Jewell 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 (Jewell County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $819 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)