South Salem, KS is a small, rural town that is home to a tight-knit and diverse community. Despite its small size, South Salem boasts a vibrant political culture that has seen many changes in recent years. The South Salem City Council works hard to ensure the well-being of local citizens by implementing policies that address the needs of the town. In addition, there are numerous groups and organizations devoted to promoting healthy civic engagement including The League of Women Voters, South Salem Social Action Committee, and Friends of the Parks. Local politicians come from many different backgrounds and have differing opinions on what it means to be a leader in South Salem. However, all are dedicated to finding solutions to the problems facing our community.
The political climate in South Salem, KS is strongly conservative.
Greenwood County, KS is very conservative. In Greenwood County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.5%.
Greenwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Salem, KS is strongly conservative.
Greenwood 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.
South Salem, 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 South Salem, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $6,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)