Woodson County, Kansas is home to a vibrant political climate. The county boasts a diverse range of local elected offices, all with the goal of ensuring the well-being of its residents and businesses. Representation in Woodson County is handled by several key positions including representatives from both major parties, as well as several smaller municipal organizations. With this range of voices and perspectives, Woodson County is able to provide effective solutions for the needs of its citizens while also staying true to its core values. Additionally, public participation in politics is encouraged in Woodson County with many opportunities available for citizens to get involved in the political process through attending meetings and events, engaging in debates and dialogues with local leaders, or even voting in local elections.
The political climate in Woodson County, KS is very conservative.
In Woodson County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.0%.
Woodson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodson County, KS is very conservative.
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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.
Woodson, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Woodson County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $2,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $2,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)