The small town of Lone Star, KS is an unassuming community with a close-knit atmosphere and a strong sense of local spirit. Although the town has a limited population, the people of Lone Star take pride in their involvement in their own politics. Local government issues are handled by elected officials who have been chosen by the residents to represent them on important matters. They strive to make decisions that benefit everyone in the community and bring progress for the future. Issues such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development are all taken very seriously by the citizens and representatives alike. The people of Lone Star come together to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to local political issues.
The political climate in Lone Star, KS is strongly conservative.
Rush County, KS is very conservative. In Rush County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rush county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.6%.
Rush county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lone Star, KS is strongly conservative.
Rush 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.
Lone Star, 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 Lone Star, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $3,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $5,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)