Fort Riley, KS is a small town located in the rural Flint Hills region of Kansas. Despite its size, the city has an active political environment with many citizens involved in local politics. There are several political groups, including the Democratic and Republican parties, who host regular meetings and events to discuss and debate relevant topics facing the community. Additionally, Fort Riley hosts a variety of major civic activities throughout the year such as candidate forums where residents can meet with political candidates running for office and learn about their platforms. This provides citizens with an opportunity to get involved by engaging in meaningful discussions with local leaders about important issues that directly affect them. Overall, Fort Riley is a great place for citizens to stay informed on important topics and get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Fort Riley, KS is somewhat liberal.
Riley County, KS is leaning liberal. In Riley County, KS 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riley county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.1%.
Riley county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Riley, KS is somewhat liberal.
Riley County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
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.
Fort Riley, Kansas: R R r R r d
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 Fort Riley, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)