The small town of Bern, Kansas is located in Nemaha County and is home to a population of around 475 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Pat Schulte. The council members are Jan Lickteig, Crista Kruger, John Willson, Tom White and Marvin Steffen. The town’s politics focus on helping the community grow and addressing issues pertinent to its citizens in order to ensure that it remains a vibrant and thriving place to live. Recent initiatives include restoring public parks, expanding the city’s infrastructure and making improvements to public services such as its fire department. Bern residents are proud of their hometown and strive to make it better for years to come through participation in local government meetings, voting on ballot measures, attending community events, and advocating for their needs with elected officials.
The political climate in Bern, KS is very conservative.
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative. In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bern, KS is very conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Bern, 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 Bern, 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 18 contributions totaling $3,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)