Columbus, KS is a small town located in the southwest corner of Kansas. As a rural community, it has a population of just over 2,000 people and is served by local government officials dedicated to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. The city council and mayor are elected every four years with most members of the current administration having held their positions for several terms. Local issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, and educational opportunities are all discussed by city council members and voted on at annual meetings. Columbus also has several political action committees that oversee various community projects and initiatives such as the Community Development Block Grant Program. All in all, politics in Columbus serve to help keep residents informed about what’s going on in town, ensure fair representation for all citizens, and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to decision-making for the future of the city.
The political climate in Columbus, KS is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative. In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbus, KS is strongly conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Columbus, 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 Columbus, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $53,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $708 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)