York, KS is a small town located in North Central Kansas, and is the county seat of York County. Politically, York is largely conservative in its views and values. The majority of elected officials are Republicans, and the most prominent political party active in the town are the Republican Party. Local issues such as taxes, zoning laws, public safety and local growth often take center stage during elections. Voters tend to be more focused on issues that directly affect their lives rather than national parties or specific politicians. Although York is a small town with limited resources, they do have a voice when it comes to politics and are committed to electing those who will best represent their interests.
The political climate in York, KS is very conservative.
Stafford County, KS is very conservative. In Stafford County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.6%.
Stafford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
York, KS is very conservative.
Stafford 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.
York, 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 York, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)