Severance, Kansas is a small rural town with a population of approximately 500 people. Despite its small size, Severance has an active political scene that is presided over by the mayor and trustee board of the town. The town's politics are centered around issues such as maintaining and improving the natural environment, providing infrastructure for local businesses, and supporting community events. Every election season provides an opportunity for citizens to voice their opinions and to elect representatives that will serve in the local government. The elected officials work hard to ensure that Severance remains a safe and prosperous place for all its citizens.
The political climate in Severance, KS is very conservative.
Doniphan County, KS is very conservative. In Doniphan County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Doniphan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.5%.
Doniphan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Severance, KS is very conservative.
Doniphan County, Kansas is very conservative.
St. Joseph Metro Area 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.
Severance, 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 Severance, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $7,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)