Blue Rapids City, KS is a small city in Kansas that is home to a tight-knit community. Politics are important here, with residents taking an active interest in local issues such as infrastructure investment and economic development. Every two years, the city has elections for mayor and members of the City Council who will represent their constituents’ interests in all matters of municipal government. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions at open meetings and town hall events. As the city continues to grow, it is sure to become even more involved politically as residents take more of a direct role in shaping the future of Blue Rapids City.
The political climate in Blue Rapids City, KS is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, KS is very conservative. In Marshall County, KS 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Rapids City, KS is strongly conservative.
Marshall 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.
Blue Rapids City, 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 Blue Rapids City, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $1,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $3,868 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)