Arion, KS is a small rural town with a tight-knit community and strong values. It has no local political candidates running for office, as it's population is relatively small. However, the townspeople take politics very seriously and are passionate about their beliefs. They often discuss current events and express their opinions on how the government should be run. Arion is proud of its commitment to democracy and prides itself on being an informed electorate in order to help create positive change in our state and nation.
The political climate in Arion, KS is strongly conservative.
Cloud County, KS is very conservative. In Cloud County, KS 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cloud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.6%.
Cloud county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arion, KS is strongly conservative.
Cloud 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.
Arion, 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 Arion, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 63 contributions totaling $20,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $60,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $601 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)