The town of Mapleton, KS is a small community with a close-knit population. Although the town itself does not have any local politicians running for office, it still has an active political atmosphere. Residents often come together to discuss and debate topics related to politics on a local level. They frequently organize meetings, rallies, protests, and other events to raise awareness for issues that affect their community. Additionally, they often reach out to state and federal representatives in order to advocate for their needs. In short, despite its lack of political candidates, Mapleton fosters an engaged political environment that looks after the interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Mapleton, KS is very conservative.
Bourbon County, KS is very conservative. In Bourbon County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.1%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mapleton, KS is very conservative.
Bourbon 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.
Mapleton, 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 Mapleton, 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)