The small town of Homestead, KS is situated in the state's southwest corner and is home to a tight-knit population of just over 1,000 people. Government in the town is overseen by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to two year terms. Local elections occur in odd numbered years and provide an opportunity for the citizens to have their voices heard on important issues. The local political scene is generally quite friendly, with candidates from both major parties often participating in public debates and discussions as they seek to gain support for their respective platforms. Overall, the politics in Homestead, KS are fairly moderate and residents take an active role in ensuring that their local leaders remain accountable to them.
The political climate in Homestead, KS is strongly conservative.
Chase County, KS is very conservative. In Chase County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chase county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 23.1%.
Chase county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Homestead, KS is strongly conservative.
Chase 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.
Homestead, 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 Homestead, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $5,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $5,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)