Valverde, KS is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. Politically, Valverde is split roughly equally between those who lean Republican and those who lean Democrat. The town is represented by two state senators – one from each party – and one congressman, who is currently an independent. Valverde also has a mayor and eight city council members, all of whom are elected every four years. Local issues such as healthcare access, education funding, and economic development have been high on the agenda for elected officials in recent years. Despite the political divisions in Valverde, most residents respect their differences of opinion and work to come together in order to create policies that benefit everyone in the community.
The political climate in Valverde, KS is very conservative.
Sumner County, KS is very conservative. In Sumner County, KS 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valverde, KS is very conservative.
Sumner County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Valverde, 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 Valverde, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $3,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $18,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)