The city of Elm, KS is a small town with a strong sense of community. The people here take pride in their political involvement, having a direct impact on local government decisions through their voting and civic engagement. Elm has an elected mayor and four council members who make up the city’s governing body. They are responsible for making laws and regulations that affect every day life within the community. Elections for these positions are held every two years and citizens are encouraged to be involved in the process by attending town meetings or registering to vote. In addition, there are numerous voluntary organizations within the city that help ensure residents have access to educational resources, recreational activities, and other services that benefit them. As such, citizens of Elm have a responsibility to keep informed about local politics and take part in voting in order to ensure their voices are heard within the community.
The political climate in Elm, KS is very conservative.
Allen County, KS is very conservative. In Allen County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.6%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elm, KS is very conservative.
Allen 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.
Elm, 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 Elm, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 209 contributions totaling $17,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $56,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)