Fountain, Kansas is a small town located in Sumner County with a population of just over 600 people. Despite its small size, the city has an active political scene with two local candidates running for mayor this election season. The current mayor, Doreen Shaw, is a longtime resident who has served multiple terms and is running for re-election. Her challenger is Jim Smith who has been involved in the community for many years and is a respected member of the business community. With an important mayoral race taking place, citizens of Fountain are paying close attention to local politics to make sure their voices are heard. Both candidates are committed to helping improve the quality of life for their constituents by prioritizing issues like job growth and economic development. All told, it’s an exciting time for Fountain with its upcoming election bringing much needed enthusiasm and engagement to the city.
The political climate in Fountain, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fountain, KS is very conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina 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.
Fountain, 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 Fountain, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $8,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $10,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)