Blue Mound Township, KS is a small rural community located in western Kansas. It is primarily composed of agricultural and ranching operations, but also has a few small businesses and services. The local government in Blue Mound Township is comprised of five elected officials, including the Supervisor, Clerk, Treasurer and two Trustees. These elected officials are responsible for setting policy for the township as well as overseeing the budget and resources. Additionally, they are tasked with ensuring that residents have access to quality public services. The politics in Blue Mound Township tend to be relatively non-partisan, with most people voting based on their values rather than party affiliation. Residents tend to value fiscal responsibility and personal freedoms as well as having a healthy environment for their families and communities. Overall, Blue Mound Township provides a unique political climate that encourages collaboration between its citizens to ensure that everyone’s needs are met.
The political climate in Blue Mound township, KS is very conservative.
Linn County, KS is very conservative. In Linn County, KS 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 17.8%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Mound township, KS is very conservative.
Linn County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Blue Mound 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 Blue Mound township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $20 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $7,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $740 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)