The politics of Custer Township, Mitchell County, Kansas are largely driven by the issues that impact the local community. These include issues related to education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Much of the political debate focuses on improving the quality of life for residents by finding ways to increase investment in these critical areas. Local elections are often close-fought affairs as candidates compete to represent the interests of their constituents and bring needed changes to Custer Township. Many of these races are hotly contested due to candidates' varying views on how best to address these needs and further develop the township. The candidates offer a variety of opinions on how to ensure that Custer Township remains safe and prosperous for future generations.
The political climate in Custer township (Mitchell County), KS is very conservative.
Mitchell County, KS is very conservative. In Mitchell County, KS 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.0%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer township (Mitchell County), KS is very conservative.
Mitchell 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 (Mitchell 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 (Mitchell County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 262 contributions totaling $8,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)