Clinton, KS is a small town located in the Midwest United States. Though it is relatively small, there is still an active local political scene. The current mayor of Clinton is Scott Bixby and he was elected in 2019. Along with him, there are other members of the local council who are responsible for making decisions that affect the community. Moreover, several candidates have recently announced their candidacy for various offices including mayor and city councilor during the upcoming election. The citizens of Clinton will be tasked with electing leaders who they feel best represent their interests and values when voting takes place this fall.
The political climate in Clinton, KS is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, KS is very liberal. In Douglas County, KS 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 28.8%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clinton, KS is somewhat liberal.
Douglas County, Kansas is very liberal.
Lawrence Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Clinton, Kansas: d D D D D D
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 Clinton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,044 contributions totaling $704,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 901 contributions totaling $460,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $512 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)