Center Township, located in Lyon County, Kansas is a rural community with a strong sense of civic pride. The local government is responsible for providing services and overseeing the day-to-day operations of the township, as well as representing the people of Center Township in state and federal governments. The township's board of supervisors is made up of five elected representatives who are responsible for managing the township's finances, making laws, approving development plans, and ensuring public safety. In addition to the supervisors, there are various committees dedicated to different functions such as parks and recreation, health services, zoning regulation, water management, and public works. Each committee has its own chairperson who leads meetings and represents their respective committees to the board of supervisors. Elections for local political candidates are held every two years giving residents an opportunity to have their voice heard in their government.
The political climate in Center township (Lyon County), KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Lyon County, KS 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained strongly Republican, 53.7% to 43.1%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Center township (Lyon County), KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Emporia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Center township (Lyon 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 Center township (Lyon County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,363 contributions totaling $47,599 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $27,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)