The city of Plainville, KS is an active political center in the region. With a small population of just over 3,000 people, it is easy for citizens to be involved in local politics and have their voices heard. The city holds elections regularly for various positions such as mayor and city council members, who help shape the policies and laws that govern the community. Citizens can show their support for local candidates by attending rallies or donating to campaigns. Additionally, there are many nonprofit organizations and other initiatives that focus on bringing awareness to candidates and issues that are important to the community. By being engaged with politics in Plainville, KS citizens can make sure that their voices are being heard and make a difference in their local government.
The political climate in Plainville, KS is strongly conservative.
Rooks County, KS is very conservative. In Rooks County, KS 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rooks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Rooks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainville, KS is strongly conservative.
Rooks 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.
Plainville, 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 Plainville, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,573 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $9,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)