El Dorado, Kansas is located in Butler County and is the county seat. Politics in El Dorado are largely dictated by the local government, which consists of a mayor-council form of governance. The current mayor of El Dorado is Mark Baumgartner, who was elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. Along with Mayor Baumgartner, the city council is comprised of six members—two from each ward—who are responsible for making decisions that will benefit the citizens of El Dorado and Butler County as a whole. All council members are elected to 4-year terms. The city government works closely with local businesses, organizations, and residents to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to enacting legislation or considering key issues. Through this form of governance, El Dorado has seen an increase in economic development initiatives and cultural events that have helped to shape the community into what it is today.
The political climate in El Dorado, 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
El Dorado, 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.
El Dorado, 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 El Dorado, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $9,043 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $20,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)