Darlington, KS is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of Southern Kansas. Although it has a small population of just over 400 people, the citizens are passionate about their political affiliations and take part in local elections. Local candidates for office are often well known in the community, and residents take pride in casting their votes for those who they feel best represent their values and beliefs. Every political decision made in Darlington has a direct impact on its citizens, so it is important that all local elections are taken seriously. The town works hard to ensure that all voices within the community are given equal weight when making decisions about its future.
The political climate in Darlington, KS is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, KS is moderately conservative. In Harvey County, KS 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harvey county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Harvey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darlington, KS is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, Kansas is moderately 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.
Darlington, 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 Darlington, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 587 contributions totaling $43,738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $45,012 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)