The town of Byers, KS is a small community in the Midwestern United States with a population of about 1500 people. It has a mayor-council form of government that is responsible for protecting the safety and welfare of its citizens. The mayor and council members are elected every four years by the residents of Byers to serve in office. The current mayor is John Smith who has served since 2012 and he is supported by four other council members. The mayor and council work together to ensure the best services possible are provided to all residents while promoting economic growth and stability in the community. There has been recent discussion among residents regarding some controversial issues such as taxes and local police reform, but so far these topics have been resolved without any major conflict or issue. Overall, politics in Byers are relatively low key, with an emphasis on preserving the small-town charm of this historic community.
The political climate in Byers, KS is very conservative.
Pratt County, KS is very conservative. In Pratt County, KS 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pratt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.6%.
Pratt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Byers, KS is very conservative.
Pratt 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.
Byers, 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 Byers, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)