Elgin, KS is a small rural town with a population of less than 500 people. The town is served by the Elgin City Council which is responsible for making decisions about local issues such as zoning ordinances, public works projects, and recreational activities. The members of the council are elected every two years to represent the interests of the citizens in their ward. Currently, Elgin has three city council members who hold office for 2 year terms. The current Mayor of Elgin is Sam Jones, who was elected in 2020. He has been an active member of the community since he first arrived in Elgin in 2010. Under Mayor Jones’ leadership, Elgin has seen significant progress with infrastructure projects and economic development efforts. In addition to the City Council and Mayor Jones, there are several other local organizations dedicated to improving quality of life for residents through services such as youth programming or providing access to healthcare. All these organizations work together to make Elgin a vibrant and safe place to live and work.
The political climate in Elgin, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua County, KS is very conservative. In Chautauqua County, KS 12.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 12.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua 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.
Elgin, 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 Elgin, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $11,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)