Sawlog, KS is a small rural town in the Midwest with a population of just over 5,000 people. The local government consists of a mayor and five council members, all elected by the citizens in Sawlog. They are responsible for maintaining the infrastructure and providing services to the community such as safety, water supply, and recreation. Every four years, residents of Sawlog have an opportunity to vote for who they want to represent them in local government. In addition to electing their mayor and council members, voters in Sawlog can also choose which political candidates will be on their ballot based on their party preferences. With candidates from both major parties usually present on the ballot, individuals can exercise their right to select the person they believe is best suited to represent them and their interests in Sawlog’s local government.
The political climate in Sawlog, KS is strongly conservative.
Hodgeman County, KS is very conservative. In Hodgeman County, KS 14.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hodgeman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 14.7%.
Hodgeman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sawlog, KS is strongly conservative.
Hodgeman 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.
Sawlog, 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 Sawlog, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $90 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $3,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)