Elm Mills, KS is a small town located in the Midwest. While it is not a large community, it still has an active and engaged political climate. Local politics impact the everyday lives of citizens, so Elm Mills takes its electoral responsibilities seriously. Residents of the town come together to discuss issues that are important to them and how they can best work together to create change. From school board elections to city council initiatives, Elm Mills residents take part in shaping their local government. Additionally, civic organizations like Rotary and Lions Clubs help serve the people of Elm Mills by organizing events and fundraising efforts for various causes. In this way, Elm Mills is an example of how a small town can have a big impact politically.
The political climate in Elm Mills, KS is very conservative.
Barber County, KS is very conservative. In Barber County, KS 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barber county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.4%.
Barber county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elm Mills, KS is very conservative.
Barber 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 Mills, 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 Mills, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $9,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)