Johnson City, KS is a small rural community in the Midwest. It has a population of just over 2,000 people who are involved in farming and ranching, along with some light industry and small businesses. The area is served by a city council consisting of five members, elected at large for staggered two-year terms. Residents have a strong sense of local pride and take part in their local government through voting in elections and attending meetings to discuss issues that affect the community. Johnson City has an active political climate with many local issues being discussed throughout the year. Residents take part in a variety of civic activities such as volunteerism, youth programs, environmental projects, and more. The town also hosts events to celebrate its heritage such as festivals and parades that bring together the people from all corners of the city. The community comes together around its politics and works hard to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.
The political climate in Johnson City, KS is strongly conservative.
Stanton County, KS is very conservative. In Stanton County, KS 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.1%.
Stanton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnson City, KS is strongly conservative.
Stanton 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.
Johnson City, 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 Johnson City, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $9,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $11,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)