Wilson Township (Ellsworth Cnty), KS has a long history of politics and civic engagement. The Township is part of Ellsworth County, which is represented by two state representatives in the Kansas House of Representatives, including State Representative Rick Billinger and State Senator Randall Hardy. The township also elects three trustees for local government representation. The Ellsworth County Board of Commissioners meets both monthly and quarterly to address issues that impact the county. Wilson Township residents are active participants in local, state, and national elections, showing their commitment to their community鈥檚 future and the nation鈥檚 democracy.
The political climate in Wilson township, KS is strongly conservative.
Ellsworth County, KS is very conservative. In Ellsworth County, KS 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellsworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.7%.
Ellsworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilson township, KS is strongly conservative.
Ellsworth 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.
Wilson township, 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 Wilson township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,940 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)