Banner Township is located in Smith County, Kansas. It is a small rural community with a population of just over 1,000 people. Politics in Banner Township are largely influenced by the local government and their decisions. The township is governed by five elected officials who serve on the township board. These officials work together to make decisions that affect the community and its residents. They also run elections for other positions within the township, such as mayor, sheriff, and county commissioner. Residents of Banner Township have a say in local politics through voting in these elections and voicing their opinions on important issues concerning the community. Although the town has a small population, it is still an important part of Smith County politics and is actively engaged in keeping its citizens informed about current events and policies that impact them directly.
The political climate in Banner township (Smith County), KS is strongly conservative.
Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Banner township (Smith County), KS is strongly conservative.
Smith 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.
Banner township (Smith County), 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 Banner township (Smith County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $9,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)