Sylvan Grove, Kansas is a small town located in Lincoln County with a population of just over 500 people. As such, the local politics in Sylvan Grove are quite limited. In recent years, the town has been led by Mayor Margie Crane and the City Council, which consists of five members elected at-large from the citizens of Sylvan Grove. The City Council meets regularly to discuss and debate matters of local importance such as infrastructure improvement projects and budgets for public services. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved in the political process through various committees and local elections that take place every few years. Overall, Sylvan Grove has a strong sense of community and everyone is encouraged to be active in contributing to their local government.
The political climate in Sylvan Grove, KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, KS is very conservative. In Lincoln County, KS 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 16.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sylvan Grove, KS is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Sylvan Grove, 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 Sylvan Grove, 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 22 contributions totaling $7,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)