Smoky Hill Township in McPherson County, Kansas is the home of a predominantly rural population. As such, there are several local government positions that are voted upon in order to ensure the needs of the community are being met. The township has two elected officials - Supervisor and Treasurer - who work together to manage the day-to-day affairs of the township. Both positions provide an opportunity for residents to have a voice in local government. In addition, each election cycle there may be other offices which require candidates running for office who need to be active doers in their community. These candidates must have an understanding of the issues and challenges facing Smoky Hill Township and strive to make decisions that are fair and beneficial for all citizens living within its boundaries.
The political climate in Smoky Hill township (McPherson County), KS is strongly conservative.
McPherson County, KS is very conservative. In McPherson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smoky Hill township (McPherson County), KS is strongly conservative.
McPherson County, Kansas is very conservative.
McPherson Metro Area 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.
Smoky Hill township (McPherson 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 Smoky Hill township (McPherson County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $41,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $5,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)