Bucklin, KS is a small town located in rural Kansas. It has a strong sense of local community and the residents take pride in their local government. The town’s leadership works hard to provide the best services for their citizens. Bucklin serves as a small hub for the surrounding towns and is often looked upon for advice on how to handle matters of local politics. Residents are involved in voting on municipal issues, such as changing ordinances, approving budgets, and selecting members of the city council. They also have an active voice in who will represent them at the state level by electing state representatives from Bucklin. Despite its size, Bucklin is an important part of Kansas politics due to its location and active citizens.
The political climate in Bucklin, KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, KS is very conservative. In Ford County, KS 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bucklin, KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, Kansas is very conservative.
Dodge City Metro Area 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.
Bucklin, 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 Bucklin, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $5,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)