Politics in Center Township (Pottawatomie Cnty), KS are mainly focused on local issues such as infrastructure needs, public safety, and community development. The township is governed by a township board of three elected members, who set policy for the area and hire a clerk/administrator to oversee daily operations. Each election cycle brings out a new set of candidates eager to represent their constituents and bring about positive change in the community. Running campaigns typically focus on how the candidates propose to improve existing services or create new ones that benefit all citizens in the area. Elections are also used to determine who will serve as mayor or other political positions in the town. In addition to these local elections, Pottawatomie County residents also participate in state and national elections for their representatives, which have an impact on Center Township's future.
The political climate in Center township (Pottawatomie County), KS is very conservative.
Pottawatomie County, KS is very conservative. In Pottawatomie County, KS 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawatomie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.3%.
Pottawatomie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Center township (Pottawatomie County), KS is very conservative.
Pottawatomie County, Kansas is very conservative.
Manhattan Metro Area is leaning 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 (Pottawatomie 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 (Pottawatomie County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $20,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $71,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $689 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)