Marion, KS is a small city with a population of 2,800 people. It is located in the northeast corner of the state near McPherson and Hillsboro. The local political scene is dominated by the Republican party; however, this past election there was a surprising shift towards Democratic candidates. In November 2018, Dave Williams became Marion’s mayor by winning an election over his Republican opponent by just one vote. This was an unexpected result as the town had long been a stronghold for conservative views and politics. He will be joined by three other newly elected Democratic city council members: John Smith, Mary Jones, and Tom Johnson. These recent changes to the political landscape make it clear that Marion is becoming more diverse in its opinions and outlook on issues such as jobs, healthcare reform, education, infrastructure improvements, and economic development.
The political climate in Marion, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion 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.
Marion, 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 Marion, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $1,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)