Washington township is located within Saline County, Kansas and is represented by a variety of political candidates. The county has two elected Commissioners that are responsible for the oversight of the county government, making decisions on zoning, salaries and other issues that impact the community. Additionally, Washington township residents have access to state representatives from both the Democratic and Republican parties who work to bring their local values to a larger state stage. These representatives strive to create policies that will benefit their constituents. Local elections for Washington township also take place each year with candidates running for mayor and city council positions. These races give local citizens a chance to elect representatives who understand their needs. Through these elections, Washington township remains an active participant in local politics and is able to shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Washington township (Saline County), KS is strongly conservative.
Saline County, KS is strongly conservative. In Saline County, KS 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Washington township (Saline County), KS is strongly conservative.
Saline County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Salina 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.
Washington township (Saline 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 (Saline County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,093 contributions totaling $142,552 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 546 contributions totaling $236,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $432 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)