Irving, Kansas is a small rural city located in the southwest corner of the state. It has an active local government and is represented by a mayor and four city commissioners who are elected by its citizens every two years. The city is actively involved in numerous committees, boards, and commissions to ensure that its residents have access to the most current information regarding local politics, issues, and services. Irving's City Hall serves as the hub for all municipal offices and are open to the public throughout the week. The City of Irving takes great pride in its commitment to providing its citizens with updated information on what is going on politically within their community.
The political climate in Irving, KS is very conservative.
Brown County, KS is very conservative. In Brown County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 24.7%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Irving, KS is very conservative.
Brown 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.
Irving, 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 Irving, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $7,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $15,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)