Hugoton, KS is a small town in southwestern Kansas that is largely rural and agricultural. Politically, the town leans conservatively and is represented by Republicans in the state legislature. Hugoton has a long history of electing Republican representatives to both state and federal offices. The current mayor of the city is a Republican who was elected in 2019. Local elections take place every two years and are typically competitive between candidates from both major parties. Issues such as economic growth, public safety, infrastructure investment, and education are important topics in these local elections. With its strong history of Republican representation, Hugoton is expected to continue voting for more conservative candidates in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Hugoton, KS is strongly conservative.
Stevens County, KS is very conservative. In Stevens County, KS 11.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stevens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.7% to 11.7%.
Stevens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hugoton, KS is strongly conservative.
Stevens 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.
Hugoton, 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 Hugoton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $4,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 650 contributions totaling $54,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)