Arkansas City, KS is a small town in the state of Kansas with a population of around 12,000 people. It is a great place to live and work as it has many recreational activities available throughout the year. The city also has a strong political presence with several local political candidates running for office in 2020. These candidates include Casey Wimmer, who is running for Mayor, and Mark King, who is running for City Councilman. Both candidates are passionate about community development and have proposed various initiatives to help invigorate the economy and bring more jobs to the area. They are both dedicated to providing quality services to their constituents and ensuring that Arkansas City remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Arkansas City, KS is moderately conservative.
Cowley County, KS is very conservative. In Cowley County, KS 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cowley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Cowley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arkansas City, KS is moderately conservative.
Cowley 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.
Arkansas City, 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 Arkansas City, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $32,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $7,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)