Cedar Vale, KS is a small town located in southeastern Kansas. As a small town, there are not many political candidates running for office. The town is operated by an elected mayor and council members who work to ensure the best interests of the community are met. Cedar Vale prides itself on being a community that looks out for its citizens and works together to make sure everyone’s needs are addressed. Currently, there is one mayoral candidate running for election who has served in local government for several years and is dedicated to continuing the tradition of working collaboratively with residents to improve the quality of life in Cedar Vale. In addition, there are four council members up for re-election who have been actively involved in local politics since they were first elected five years ago. All candidates hope to continue building strong relationships with their constituents while making sure Cedar Vale remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Cedar Vale, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua County, KS is very conservative. In Chautauqua County, KS 12.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 12.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar Vale, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua 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.
Cedar Vale, 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 Cedar Vale, 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 51 contributions totaling $8,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)