Coldwater, KS is a small city with a population of around 1,400 people. It has a mayor-council style of government in which the mayor is elected to serve as the chief executive for the city and the council members are responsible for enacting regulations and ordinances that affect their citizens. The town is fairly progressive in its politics on most issues, such as environmental protection, economic development, and public safety. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Coldwater. The community does however participate in various discussions about current affairs at their monthly town hall meetings where everyone is encouraged to express their opinions and ideas.
The political climate in Coldwater, KS is strongly conservative.
Comanche County, KS is very conservative. In Comanche County, KS 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Comanche county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 13.8%.
Comanche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coldwater, KS is strongly conservative.
Comanche 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.
Coldwater, 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 Coldwater, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)