Ford, KS is a small town located in Central Kansas with a population of around 200 people. The city has a mayor and four council members that make up the local government. The mayor's job is to oversee the operations of the city and ensure that all laws are being followed. The council members are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the citizens and voting on ordinances that will affect the community. Each year, the citizens have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates, who then take office and serve a two-year term. Ford, KS prides itself on its strong sense of civic engagement; residents take part in town meetings and actively participate in local politics. However, since it is such a small community, political involvement is often limited due to lack of candidates or contested races. Despite this limitation, Ford, KS is still committed to having transparent and responsive government that works towards the betterment of its citizens.
The political climate in Ford, KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, KS is very conservative. In Ford County, KS 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ford, KS is strongly conservative.
Ford County, Kansas is very conservative.
Dodge City 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.
Ford, 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 Ford, 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 6 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)