Granite, KS is a small town located in the heart of the Midwest. Despite its small size, Granite has an active political community that works hard to ensure the best for their citizens. Political candidates in Granite come from a variety of backgrounds, all passionate about the future of this growing community. Local elections are often hotly contested and draw large turnout compared to other towns of similar size. The town is known for having fair and balanced elections that allow all voices to be heard and respected. At the local level, residents can get involved by attending town hall meetings where they can voice their opinions and concerns on a wide range of topics from taxation to infrastructure improvements. All in all, Granite's politics demonstrate how even small communities are capable of inspiring political participation and progress.
The political climate in Granite, KS is very conservative.
Phillips County, KS is very conservative. In Phillips County, KS 11.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.9% to 11.4%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Granite, KS is very conservative.
Phillips 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.
Granite, 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 Granite, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $59,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,485 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)