Douglass, KS, is a small community located in Southern Kansas. It is a rural town with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its small size, politics are still an important part of life here. Local residents take pride in their ability to make their voices heard and engage in meaningful dialogue about the issues affecting their community. This includes participating in local elections to ensure that the right leaders are chosen to represent them. The most recent election saw several candidates running for various positions on the local council, all of whom had distinct visions for improving the town and its citizens' quality of life. In Douglass, KS, it is clear that political discourse and engagement remain important and influential forces driving change in the community.
The political climate in Douglass, KS is strongly conservative.
Butler County, KS is very conservative. In Butler County, KS 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglass, KS is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Douglass, 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 Douglass, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $3,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $3,237 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)