Ash Valley, KS is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 people. Despite its size, the town is well known for its active political scene. The politics in Ash Valley are driven by the community's desire to maintain a high quality of life and protect their local interests. Residents enthusiastically take part in local elections, frequently turning out for city council and mayoral races. In recent years, voters have been particularly engaged in issues such as rising property taxes and redevelopment of downtown areas. Local candidates have debated their positions on these topics in fora run by civic organizations and at public forums held throughout the year. With such an involved electorate, candidates from both sides of the aisle can feel confident that their message will be heard in Ash Valley.
The political climate in Ash Valley, KS is strongly conservative.
Pawnee County, KS is very conservative. In Pawnee County, KS 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pawnee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.5%.
Pawnee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ash Valley, KS is strongly conservative.
Pawnee 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.
Ash Valley, 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 Ash Valley, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $3,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $6,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)