Fairplay, KS is a rural town located in the northwest corner of Kansas. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the town. Each year, local residents come together to elect a mayor and city council members who will represent them and advocate for their needs. The mayor and council have worked together to provide services such as improved roads, better public transportation, and community services like after-school programs. Residents also take part in state and national elections to ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions. Through political engagement, Fairplay residents can ensure that their interests are well represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Fairplay, KS is very conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairplay, KS is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Fairplay, 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 Fairplay, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $2,169 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $1,942 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)