Shirley, KS is a small unincorporated community located in northwestern Kansas. It is home to a few hundred people who are served by the local government of Wallace County. The local politics in Shirley are focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens and ensuring that the economy remains stable and prosperous. The elected officials strive to make decisions that benefit their constituents and they have been successful in doing so over the past several years. The mayor and members of the city council work together to pass laws, create budget initiatives, and tackle other issues important to Shirley residents. Furthermore, they regularly host public forums for citizens to air their grievances or provide input on important matters facing the town. All in all, Shirley’s local politicians work hard to make sure that everyone in the community is heard and that its future remains bright.
The political climate in Shirley, KS is very 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
Shirley, KS is very 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.
Shirley, 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 Shirley, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $41,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $11,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)