Chelsea, KS is a small rural town located in the northeast corner of Kansas. Politically, Chelsea is represented by a conservative leaning electorate. The current mayor of Chelsea is Martin Knebel, who was elected in 2017 and is running for re-election this year. On the state level, Chelsea is part of the 32nd District and the representative is Republican Eileen Horn. Chelsea voters have traditionally supported conservative candidates at both the local and state level. However, there has been an increasing trend in support for more progressive causes as recently evidenced by the growing number of citizens attending local city meetings to voice their concerns on issues such as education and healthcare. Although political divisions still exist among residents in Chelsea, there is a positive overall atmosphere that encourages dialogue between people with different opinions.
The political climate in Chelsea, KS is very conservative.
Butler County, KS is very conservative. In Butler County, KS 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chelsea, KS is very conservative.
Butler County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Chelsea, 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 Chelsea, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $9,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $20,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)