Meredith, KS is a small town in the Midwestern United States. Politics have always been an important part of life in Meredith. The community is served by local government officials that are elected from within the community. The town's mayor and other city council members are elected every four years and serve four-year terms. Meredith also has state representatives who represent them in the state legislature and congressional representation in Washington D.C. As a small rural town, Meredith does not have any major party affiliates, but rather citizens vote for candidates that they feel will best represent them and their interests in local politics. In addition, many citizens take part in public protests as a way to voice their opinions on political issues affecting their community. Through consistent civic engagement and participation in elections, Meredith residents help ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Meredith, KS is very conservative.
Cloud County, KS is very conservative. In Cloud County, KS 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cloud county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.6%.
Cloud county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meredith, KS is very conservative.
Cloud 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.
Meredith, 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 Meredith, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $24,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $61,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $546 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)