Cherokee Township in Cherokee County, KS is a small rural community that is home to about 1,100 citizens. The township is governed by a five-member board of trustees and the county seat for the county government is located in Columbus. At the state level, the residents of Cherokee Township are represented by Senator Scott Schwab and Representative Ken Corbet who serve in the Kansas State Legislature. Since becoming a part of Cherokee County in 1873, the township has seen its fair share of political change. Through many changes, one thing remains constant: the people of Cherokee Township have an invested interest in ensuring their local government meets their needs. Residents are actively engaged in staying informed about political issues they believe will affect their community and and hold their elected officials accountable to make decisions that will benefit all citizens living there now and for years to come.
The political climate in Cherokee township (Cherokee County), KS is very conservative.
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative. In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherokee township (Cherokee County), KS is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Cherokee township (Cherokee 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 Cherokee township (Cherokee County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $17,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $914 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)