The politics of Timberhill, KS are relatively calm. With a small population and few elected officials, decisions are often made quickly and with minimal fuss. The city is currently governed by a mayor and four city council members who are all elected at-large from the general populace. Aside from these five positions, there are no other local political candidates or offices. The town's government is largely responsible for municipal services such as fire protection, police protection, land use planning, public works projects, maintenance of streets and roads, parks and recreation, economic development initiatives and garbage collection. Additionally, the town council ensures that laws remain in place to protect citizens' rights to free speech and assembly. All in all, the politics of Timberhill have remained relatively quiet over the years due to its small population and limited number of elected officials.
The political climate in Timberhill, KS is very conservative.
Bourbon County, KS is very conservative. In Bourbon County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.1%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Timberhill, KS is very conservative.
Bourbon 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.
Timberhill, 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 Timberhill, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $9,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $40,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)