Lincoln Township in Cloud County, KS is a small rural community with a strong sense of community and shared values. With a population of just over 200 people, this tight-knit township relies heavily on the support of its local government to ensure that basic services such as roads, utilities and public safety are maintained. The local government consists of three trustees and an appointed clerk who work together to provide for the needs of the citizens of Lincoln Township. The trustees are elected to serve two-year terms by the residents during periodic elections held in April each year. They are responsible for setting the township’s annual budget and appointing personnel to fill various positions within the township. In addition, they also have authority over zoning laws, permit regulations and other public works projects that affect the township residents. The local citizens take an active role in their government by attending public meetings, voicing their opinions at open forums and voting on important issues that relate to their lives. This helps ensure that Lincoln Township remains a safe, prosperous place for all its citizens to live and work.
The political climate in Lincoln township (Cloud County), KS is strongly conservative.
Cloud County, KS is very conservative. In Cloud County, KS 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cloud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.6%.
Cloud county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln township (Cloud County), KS is strongly conservative.
Cloud 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.
Lincoln township (Cloud 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 Lincoln township (Cloud County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $19,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $11,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)