Grasshopper, KS is a small town with a population of 5,000 people. The community is served by a mayor and city council elected from the citizens of Grasshopper. The mayor and city council are responsible for managing the local government, such as passing laws, setting budgets, and providing services to residents. Residents of Grasshopper are able to participate in politics by voting for their local political candidates or attending meetings to express their opinion on important decisions facing the community. Grasshopper is an engaged small-town community that takes its politics seriously and works hard to ensure that all of its citizens have the opportunity to participate in shaping their future.
The political climate in Grasshopper, KS is very conservative.
Atchison County, KS is very conservative. In Atchison County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.7%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grasshopper, KS is very conservative.
Atchison County, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison 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.
Grasshopper, 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 Grasshopper, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $31,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $657 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)