Longford, KS is a small town located in the southwest corner of Kansas. Although it may be small, politics here are still important to the people of Longford. The town is part of Ford County and is represented in the Kansas House of Representatives by members from both major political parties. In addition, people can get involved in local politics through their county government, such as voting for local commissioners and attending public meetings or hearings. Every four years citizens also have the opportunity to vote for state representatives who represent their interests in Topeka, as well as the right to vote nationally for a president. People in Longford take their political responsibilities seriously and show up to make their voices heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Longford, KS is very conservative.
Clay County, KS is very conservative. In Clay County, KS 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Longford, KS is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Longford, 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 Longford, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)