East Branch, KS is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local politics in East Branch are largely driven by the needs of its citizens and are managed by a city council made up of elected officials that represent the community. This council is responsible for setting policies and making decisions that will benefit the residents of East Branch. Citizens have an active voice in local government and many attend City Council meetings to make sure their concerns are heard. The current mayor has been in office since 2010 and works closely with the townspeople to ensure that their needs are addressed. Local elections occur every two years and feature candidates from both major political parties who work to make sure their ideas reflect those of the people they represent.
The political climate in East Branch, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Branch, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion 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.
East Branch, 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 East Branch, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 625 contributions totaling $46,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $59,108 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)