Custer Township (Decatur County), KS is a quaint, rural area with a population of about 1,000 people. It is mainly composed of family farms and small businesses. As such, the politics of Custer township are closely tied to local interests like farming and small business development. The township has its own government which is responsible for managing its finances, services, and regulations. Local elections are held every two years when the citizens of Custer Township vote on candidates to serve in various roles such as mayor and town council. The elected officials work together to make decisions that best serve the interests of the township's residents. Recently, the township has adopted initiatives to promote clean energy production through wind turbines and other renewable energy sources which shows their commitment to sustainability for future generations.
The political climate in Custer township (Decatur County), KS is strongly conservative.
Decatur County, KS is very conservative. In Decatur County, KS 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.6%.
Decatur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer township (Decatur County), KS is strongly conservative.
Decatur 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.
Custer township (Decatur 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 Custer township (Decatur County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $15,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $751 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)