Meriden, KS is a small city located in the northeastern part of Kansas. It is home to just over 500 people, making it a tight-knit and close-knit community. Despite its small size, Meriden has its own local government that works hard to ensure that the needs of all of its citizens are met. The Meriden City Council consists of five members who are elected at-large by the citizens of Meriden and serve four-year terms. The council works with their city manager to make decisions regarding public safety, transportation, parks and recreation, economic development, and other topics important to their community. There are also several organizations within the city that work together to ensure that local issues remain important on the national scene. These organizations include the Meriden Chamber of Commerce, the Meriden Economic Development Authority, and various other community groups. All these entities work together to help create a vibrant community where residents feel safe and valued.
The political climate in Meriden, KS is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, KS is very conservative. In Jefferson County, KS 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.8% to 32.7%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meriden, KS is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Meriden, 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 Meriden, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 68 contributions totaling $972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)