Cora, KS is a small rural town located in the heart of Kansas. Although Cora is small, it has a rich political history with many passionate residents who care deeply about the decisions that are made in their town. Every two years, Cora holds an election for mayor and city council members. The current mayor is John Smith and his term will end in 2021. In addition to the mayor and council members, Cora also elects one representative to serve in the state legislature each year. During election season, the citizens of Cora come together to discuss the issues facing their town and determine who should be elected to represent them on local and state levels. This ensures that local voices are heard when important decisions about their community are being made.
The political climate in Cora, KS is strongly conservative.
Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cora, KS is strongly conservative.
Smith 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.
Cora, 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 Cora, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,355 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)