Medora, KS is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. The town has a population of about 500 people and is governed by a mayor and city council. The mayor and council are elected to 4-year terms. Medora is primarily a farming community, but many of its citizens commute to nearby towns for work or entertainment. Politically, the citizens of Medora tend to lean towards conservative values and ideals; they are mainly Republican voters. Local elections usually involve both Republicans and Democrats running for office, though the winners tend to be Republican candidates. The general climate of politics in Medora is fairly quiet; most people follow the news from larger areas like Topeka or Kansas City rather than focus on what's happening in their own backyard.
The political climate in Medora, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medora, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Medora, 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 Medora, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $28,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 464 contributions totaling $107,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)