Cimarron is a small town in Kansas with a population of just over 1000 people. It has a strong sense of community and the local politics are very important to the residents. The town is managed by a five-member City Council, which is elected every two years. The council members are responsible for addressing issues facing the community, such as infrastructure concerns, economic development, and public safety. Additionally, each year the citizens of Cimarron elect a Mayor to serve as their representative locally and nationally. The Mayor works with state and federal government agencies to bring resources into the city that help benefit its citizens. Through collaboration between all involved parties, Cimarron’s political system allows for an effective communication channel between the government and its citizens, enabling them to work together to achieve common goals.
The political climate in Cimarron, KS is strongly conservative.
Gray County, KS is very conservative. In Gray County, KS 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.9%.
Gray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cimarron, KS is strongly conservative.
Gray 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.
Cimarron, 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 Cimarron, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $4,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $8,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)