Easton, KS is a small town located in the northeast corner of Kansas. Politically, Easton leans heavily toward the Republican Party. The Republicans have held a majority in both the city council and county commission for many years. There has been some recent growth in the number of registered Democrats in the area, but they still represent a minority. Local elections typically feature multiple Republican candidates running against one or two Democrats at most. Issues discussed on the local political agenda range from economic development to public safety to environmental concerns. As such, Easton politics are largely driven by conservative values and ideals.
The political climate in Easton, KS is strongly conservative.
Leavenworth County, KS is moderately conservative. In Leavenworth County, KS 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leavenworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.2% to 38.1%.
Leavenworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Easton, KS is strongly conservative.
Leavenworth County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Easton, 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 Easton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $27,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)