Bird City Township, KS is an active political community that is home to a diverse group of citizens. Local politics is centered around the Bird City Council, which consists of twelve elected representatives who serve four-year terms. The council works together to make decisions about the local budget and infrastructure projects, as well as establish policies on zoning, public safety, and other aspects of life in the township. In addition to the Bird City Council, there are two state-level representatives who advocate for citizens’ needs on a statewide level. Elections in Bird City are competitive and encourage voter participation since many candidates run for office each year. With issues ranging from affordable housing to taxation levels, citizens are sure to feel their voice is heard when casting their vote.
The political climate in Bird township, KS is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne County, KS is very conservative. In Cheyenne County, KS 15.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheyenne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.7%.
Cheyenne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bird township, KS is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne 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.
Bird 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 Bird township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $3,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $9,419 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)