Sedan, Kansas is a small town located in southeast Kansas. The town is governed by a mayor and four city council members, all elected for two-year terms. The city council works together to create laws and regulations that ensure the safety of the citizens, and to promote the economic development of Sedan. Some of the issues recently addressed by the city council include infrastructure improvements, increasing business incentives, and creating new recreational programs for the community. The current mayor has been in office since 2017 and has made multiple successful initiatives to improve the quality of life in Sedan. He has helped bring new businesses into the region, making it more attractive to potential investors. Furthermore, he has advocated for public safety measures such as increased police presence in certain areas of town. It is clear that local politics are important to the residents of Sedan; they have an elected representative who works hard to ensure their best interests are being considered.
The political climate in Sedan, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua County, KS is very conservative. In Chautauqua County, KS 12.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 12.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sedan, KS is strongly conservative.
Chautauqua 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.
Sedan, 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 Sedan, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $11,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)