Clear Creek Township (Pottawatomie Cnty), KS is an important political center in Kansas, and its politics are closely watched by people all over the state. In recent years, the township has seen a number of candidates running for local office, all of whom bring different views to the table. These elections have been fiercely contested as the people of Clear Creek Township want to make sure that their political representatives will fight for them and represent their interests. The most recent election took place in 2020 and saw several new faces running for positions on the board of trustees. Each candidate had their own ideas on how best to move the town forward, with issues such as economic development and public safety being major focuses for many of these campaigns. It remains to be seen which direction Clear Creek Township will take in the coming years, but it is clear that its politics are an important part of life in this small yet vibrant community.
The political climate in Clear Creek 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
Clear Creek 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.
Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek township (Pottawatomie County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)