Wheatland Township, located in Ford County, Kansas, is a rural township known for its strong commitment to conservative values. The township has a long history of electing Republican candidates into local office, and the current mayor of Wheatland Township is a strong Republican supporter. The township also puts a great emphasis on community involvement and encourages its citizens to get involved in local politics. Despite the fact that Wheatland Township has only a small population, it has an outsized political influence due to its commitment to conservative values. In recent years, the township has become even more involved in state and national politics by backing certain policy initiatives that reflect the values of its residents. As such, Wheatland Township continues to be an influential political force in Ford County and beyond.
The political climate in Wheatland township (Ford County), KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, KS is very conservative. In Ford County, KS 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wheatland township (Ford County), KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, Kansas is very conservative.
Dodge City 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.
Wheatland township (Ford 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 Wheatland township (Ford County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $90 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)