The small town of Sugar Creek, KS is situated in the rolling hills just outside the capital city of Topeka. Despite its rural setting, the town is no stranger to politics. During election season, local residents take part in contributing to the political landscape of their community by attending debates, rallies and forums hosted by local candidates. With an emphasis on hometown values, issues that are important to Sugar Creek's residents are discussed, including education, healthcare, job growth and public safety initiatives. Every candidate has something unique to offer and takes the time to understand what it means to be a part of this small town. Through their efforts and dedication to public service, citizens of Sugar Creek have a voice in making their community a better place for all who live here.
The political climate in Sugar Creek, KS is very conservative.
Miami County, KS is very conservative. In Miami County, KS 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.2%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sugar Creek, KS is very conservative.
Miami County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Sugar Creek, 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 Sugar Creek, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $7,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 355 contributions totaling $130,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)