Catlin, KS is a small town located in the Midwest with an estimated population of around 2,000 people. The local politics are largely determined by the residents’ opinions and views, as it is a smaller community where everyone knows each other. This means that there is less of a need for large political campaigns and candidates, as word-of-mouth tends to spread quickly. Residents often take part in town hall meetings and other discussion forums to discuss the issues facing their community and make decisions about how to move forward together. The current mayor of Catlin is Susan Martin, who has been in office since 2015. While Catlin doesn't have any local political candidates running for office currently, they do have several active volunteer committees and organizations trying to make a positive difference in their community.
The political climate in Catlin, KS is very conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Catlin, KS is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Catlin, 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 Catlin, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $2,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)