Wilmington, KS is a small city located in Washington County. It is known for being a friendly and close-knit community. Although Wilmington is not a large city, it still has an active political landscape. The mayor of Wilmington acts as the chief executive of the city and is elected by the citizens every four years. Several other positions are also filled by locally elected officials, such as City Council members, who serve to help determine how funds are allocated to important projects like parks and schools. Other roles within the city include school board members, planning commission members, zoning commissioners, and justices of the peace. Every year municipal elections take place in Wilmington to fill these important roles that help shape the future of the city. All citizens have a chance to cast their votes and make their voices heard through this democratic process.
The political climate in Wilmington, KS is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, KS is very conservative. In Wabaunsee County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabaunsee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.7%.
Wabaunsee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilmington, KS is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)