Buffalo Township (Jewell County), KS has a long history of politics that dates back to the 1800s when it was first organized. At the local level, Buffalo Township is divided into two parts: The Village of Buffalo and the Rural Township. Each part is led by a Mayor elected by the people who live in their respective area. The Mayor of the Village of Buffalo is responsible for making decisions related to land use, zoning regulations, and other related ordinances while the Mayor of the Rural Township handles issues related to public safety, infrastructure improvements, and road maintenance. Both Mayors are accountable to their constituents and must act in accordance with state laws to ensure that they are upholding their civic duties. In addition, both Mayors are members of the Jewell County Board of Supervisors which is responsible for determining county-wide policies.
The political climate in Buffalo township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell County, KS is very conservative. In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buffalo township (Jewell County), KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell 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.
Buffalo township (Jewell 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 Buffalo township (Jewell County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $819 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $4,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)