The small town of Thomas, KS is home to a politically engaged community. The citizens of Thomas take part in local and national politics, making sure their voice is heard. Thomas has a variety of political organizations such as the county Democratic party, the Republican party, and other independent groups that hold events and meetings to educate locals on the issues facing their community. The residents are passionate about making sure their vote matters in local, state, and federal elections. With active campaigns from many candidates running for office each year, the residents of Thomas are able to make an informed decision on who they want to represent them in government. Through thoughtful discussion and debate with neighbors and colleagues, everyone in Thomas is involved in the political process.
The political climate in Thomas, KS is very conservative.
Ellsworth County, KS is very conservative. In Ellsworth County, KS 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellsworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.7%.
Ellsworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomas, KS is very conservative.
Ellsworth 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.
Thomas, 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 Thomas, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $4,214 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)