Ellinwood, Kansas is a small, rural community located in central Kansas. The town has a strong sense of pride and holds its citizens to high standards. Politically, Ellinwood is known as a reliably Republican area. Local elections revolve around issues such as infrastructure development, school funding, and property taxes. Voters in the town tend to be conservative and often look for candidates that are fiscally responsible and willing to work hard to ensure that all of the town's needs are met. Most of the local politicians have been long-standing members of the community who prioritize putting the well-being of their constituents first. Over the years, many residents have grown close to their representatives due to their commitment to their hometown.
The political climate in Ellinwood, KS is strongly conservative.
Barton County, KS is very conservative. In Barton County, KS 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.0%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ellinwood, KS is strongly conservative.
Barton County, Kansas is very conservative.
Great Bend 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.
Ellinwood, 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 Ellinwood, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $11,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)