Council Grove, KS is a small town located in Morris County. Although it is one of the least populous towns in the region, it has an active political life. The town elects its own City Council members and Mayor every two years, who are responsible for overseeing local government processes and services. These elected officials make decisions on how to best meet the needs of the citizens and strive to ensure that everyone in the community is served equitably. Council Grove also holds regular public meetings where citizens can provide input on pending issues and voice their opinions. All residents are encouraged to get involved in politics by attending meetings and voting in elections to ensure that their interests are represented at a local level.
The political climate in Council Grove, KS is strongly conservative.
Morris County, KS is very conservative. In Morris County, KS 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.1%.
Morris county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Council Grove, KS is strongly conservative.
Morris 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.
Council Grove, 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 Council Grove, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)