Tilden, KS is a small rural town in the Midwest United States. As such, it has a very tight-knit community, with politics largely playing a local role in decision-making and direction of the town. The City Council is elected each year by local residents to represent their interests at city hall and make decisions which affect the day to day lives of Tilden's citizens. Every May, registered voters are asked to cast their ballots for various candidates running for different political offices in the town. Local issues take center stage in any election conversations as the citizens of Tilden want their voices to be heard and their opinions expressed through the decisions made by their elected officials. It's expected that all candidates should have knowledge about local topics, such as infrastructure improvements or proposed ordinances, and be willing to work together for what's best for Tilden and its citizens.
The political climate in Tilden, KS is strongly conservative.
Osborne County, KS is very conservative. In Osborne County, KS 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osborne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 14.4%.
Osborne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tilden, KS is strongly conservative.
Osborne 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.
Tilden, 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 Tilden, 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 13 contributions totaling $2,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)