Canton, KS is a small town located in the northeast corner of Kansas. Although it is a small town, it has an active and involved local political scene. The City of Canton operates under the mayor-council style of government with five council members representing the city's residents. The mayor is elected for a two-year term, while the council members serve four-year terms. Every November, elections are held to determine who will represent the citizens of Canton on the city council. Issues discussed and voted on at these meetings include budgets, ordinances, services provided to the community, and economic development plans. All citizens of Canton have the right to vote on these matters and voice their opinion at local government meetings.
The political climate in Canton, KS is strongly conservative.
McPherson County, KS is very conservative. In McPherson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton, KS is strongly conservative.
McPherson County, Kansas is very conservative.
McPherson 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.
Canton, 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 Canton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $1,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)