Bolton, KS is a small town located in Southwest Kansas. It is a rural community with a population of just under 500 people. Despite its small size, Bolton has an active political scene. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and four Town Council members that serve two-year terms. The Town Council meets once a month to discuss policy and make decisions on important matters such as taxes and zoning regulations. Every two years the citizens of Bolton go to the polls to elect their Mayor and Town Council representatives. This ensures that the town's government remains responsive to the needs of its citizens and enables them to have their voices heard in local politics.
The political climate in Bolton, KS is very conservative.
Cowley County, KS is very conservative. In Cowley County, KS 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cowley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Cowley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bolton, KS is very conservative.
Cowley 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.
Bolton, 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 Bolton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 175 contributions totaling $34,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $13,189 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)