Elk City, KS is a small town in the Midwest United States with a population of around 2,500 people. The town's politics are dominated by the Republican Party, with most candidates running for local office being of that party. Recently, Elk City has been represented by a mayoral candidate from the Democratic Party, which is seen as a sign of the changing political landscape in the area. The city council consists mostly of Republicans but also includes some Democrats and independents who hold office. Involvement in local politics has increased significantly over the last several years, with more citizens getting involved in issues such as school board elections and other initiatives to improve life in Elk City. Voters have also become more engaged in state-level and national elections and can be found participating at all levels.
The political climate in Elk City, KS is very conservative.
Montgomery County, KS is very conservative. In Montgomery County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.0%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk City, KS is very conservative.
Montgomery County, Kansas is very conservative.
Coffeyville Metro Area 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.
Elk City, 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 Elk City, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)