Hays, Kansas is a small, rural community located in western Kansas. The politics in Hays are largely reflective of the state as a whole, with conservatism being the predominant political ideology. The city is heavily represented by Republicans at both the state and local level, with many residents voting for conservative candidates who uphold their traditional values. In recent years, Hays has seen a sharp increase in voter registration from college-aged individuals who have contributed to more progressive views on certain issues such as health care and women's rights. Despite this shift in perspective, however, the majority of voters still align themselves with Republican candidates due to their shared values and beliefs on maintaining fiscal responsibility and upholding traditional family values.
The political climate in Hays, KS is moderately conservative.
Ellis County, KS is very conservative. In Ellis County, KS 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.0%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hays, KS is moderately conservative.
Ellis County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hays 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.
Hays, 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 Hays, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $54,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $101,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)