Scammon, KS is a small town in Southeast Kansas, with a population of just under 1000 people. The political atmosphere throughout the town is relatively conservative in nature. Local politics are often focused on issues to do with public safety, community infrastructure, and environmental protection. There are several local political candidates that are vying for office in the upcoming elections, each offering different solutions to the various issues that face Scammon. Some of these candidates have been endorsed by well-known politicians from around the state, while others have built their own campaigns from the ground up through grassroots support. However they all have one mission in mind; to better serve the people of Scammon and make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Scammon, KS is very conservative.
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative. In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scammon, KS is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Scammon, 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 Scammon, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $17,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $914 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)