Cherokee, KS County is a vibrant and diverse community that is home to a variety of individuals with different backgrounds. It is also one of the most politically active counties in the state. The county has been home to numerous successful political candidates who have held various positions of leadership on both local and national levels. The residents of Cherokee, KS County have long been passionate about their politics and regularly participate in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Local politicians often strive to address issues that are important to the community such as improving infrastructure, enhancing public safety, creating job opportunities and more. All in all, the politics in Cherokee, KS County are highly dynamic and continuously evolving as its people strive for progress and growth.
The political climate in Cherokee County, KS is very conservative.
In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative.
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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.
Cherokee, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cherokee County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $4,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $84,859 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)