Baxter Springs, KS is a small town located in Kansas with a population of around 4,000 people. It is known for its historical downtown area and beautiful landscape. Politically, Baxter Springs is a strongly conservative area that tends to lean slightly right-of-center on most issues. The town has seen an influx in recent years of more moderate voters, resulting in some tight races during local elections. Local candidates typically come from either party and focus on issues such as job growth and education; however, the majority of the voting population still remains conservative. Voters also tend to focus on economic security and low taxes when choosing their candidate of choice. It is clear that no matter who gets elected into office in Baxter Springs, KS they will have to represent the town’s values and focus on issues that are important to the citizens.
The political climate in Baxter Springs, KS is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative. In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baxter Springs, KS is strongly conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Baxter Springs, 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 Baxter Springs, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)