Solomon Township (Cloud County) is a small, rural community located in the northeastern corner of Kansas. Its population is approximately 2,000 people and it is governed by a three-member township board. The board is elected by the citizens every three years and oversees the day-to-day operations of the township. In addition to making policy decisions, they also appoint representatives to various offices such as the police department, fire department, and road commission.
The politics in Solomon Township are generally considered conservative and are heavily focused on fiscal responsibility and traditional values. The majority of its residents tend to be traditional in their beliefs and support limited government intervention when it comes to economic issues such as taxation and regulation. Education reform is an important issue for many residents who are concerned with ensuring that their children receive quality public education from pre-kindergarten through high school. Other issues that are discussed often include energy conservation, health care reform, gun rights, immigration reform, and social justice. During election seasons there can be lively debates about these topics as candidates present their platforms for the upcoming term.
The political climate in Solomon 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
Solomon 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.
Solomon 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 Solomon township (Cloud County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $21,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $112,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $850 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)