West Plains, KS is a small rural town located in south-central Kansas. Despite its size, the politics of West Plains is an important topic of discussion for its citizens. Residents often take part in local elections to choose their mayors and city council members that will serve their community's needs. Discussions surrounding local initiatives and current events are often held at the town meetings, as well as on the various social media platforms available. The people of West Plains take pride in their tight-knit community and strive to keep it a safe and inviting place to live for everyone.
The political climate in West Plains, KS is strongly conservative.
Meade County, KS is very conservative. In Meade County, KS 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.4%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Plains, KS is strongly conservative.
Meade 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.
West Plains, 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 West Plains, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $16,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $38,357 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)