Delphos, KS is a small town in rural Kansas with a population of around 1,600 people. Despite its size, Delphos has an active political scene. The city council meets regularly to discuss important matters concerning the community and local elections are held every two years. Residents of Delphos have the opportunity to get involved in politics by attending public meetings or running for office themselves. Additionally, voters can take part in state and national elections as well, allowing them to choose their representatives at all levels of government. In this way, people are able to shape their own political future and that of Delphos.
The political climate in Delphos, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delphos, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina Metro Area 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.
Delphos, 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 Delphos, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)