Marion Township in Bourbon County, Kansas is an area rich in history. The township was established in 1867 and remains an important part of the county today. Politically, Marion Township is located within the 2nd Congressional District and is represented in Congress by Lynn Jenkins. At the local level, Marion Township has an elected board of supervisors to manage its affairs. These board members are elected every four years on a nonpartisan basis. The current board consists of three members who serve as trustees and have a fiduciary responsibility to represent the interests of their constituents. With its strong focus on community involvement, Marion Township provides numerous opportunities for residents to get involved with local elections and participate in the political process.
The political climate in Marion township (Bourbon County), KS is very conservative.
Bourbon County, KS is very conservative. In Bourbon County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.1%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion township (Bourbon County), KS is very conservative.
Bourbon 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.
Marion township (Bourbon 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 Marion township (Bourbon County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $3,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)