Crystal, KS is a small rural town located in the Midwest. While it may not be the most populated area, this small town has a strong sense of community and remains an important part of its political landscape. Locally, politics often center around issues such as economic development, education reform, and preserving the environment. There are several community organizations that advocate for change and provide resources to residents on a variety of topics related to local politics. Each election cycle, citizens have the opportunity to make their voices heard by voting for their preferred candidates. In turn, these politicians work to ensure that Crystal’s voice is heard in state-level politics.
The political climate in Crystal, KS is strongly conservative.
Phillips County, KS is very conservative. In Phillips County, KS 11.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.9% to 11.4%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crystal, KS is strongly conservative.
Phillips 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.
Crystal, 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 Crystal, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $2,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)