Valley Township is located in Miami County, Kansas. This area is a part of the larger Miami County political landscape. The county is mostly conservative and has been represented by members of the Republican Party in both its Senate and House seats for many years. Local elections are generally non-partisan, though candidates may be affiliated with a political party. Issues such as property taxes, public education, economic development, and crime prevention are important to Valley Township residents. In recent years, the local government has taken steps to improve infrastructure and attract new businesses in order to help stimulate the area’s economy. Although the county does not elect local politicians to represent it in Washington D.C., voters take part in state and national elections that shape their lives at home and abroad.
The political climate in Valley township (Miami County), 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
Valley township (Miami County), 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.
Valley township (Miami 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 Valley township (Miami County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $23,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $25,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)