Wakefield, Kansas is a small rural town located in Clay County. The area has a long history of deep-rooted political traditions and values which are still evident today. Although there are no local political candidates in the upcoming election, the citizens of Wakefield remain engaged and involved with the political process. The town hosts regular events such as public forums and discussion groups, where residents discuss current issues and offer their thoughts on how best to tackle them. This encourages open dialogue between citizens and government representatives and helps create an informed electorate that is ready to make well-informed decisions come election time. Wakefield takes pride in its longstanding tradition of civic engagement, with many residents actively participating in campaigning for candidates or volunteering at polling stations on Election Day.
The political climate in Wakefield, KS is strongly conservative.
Clay County, KS is very conservative. In Clay County, KS 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wakefield, KS is strongly conservative.
Clay 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.
Wakefield, 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 Wakefield, 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 23 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)