Painterhood, KS is a small town located in the midwestern United States. The town has a long history of being a close-knit community where everyone knows their neighbors and looks out for one another. Despite its small size, Painterhood still has an active political landscape with many citizens participating in local elections each year. Although no particular political party dominates the area, it is known for having friendly debates between residents about which candidate to support. People from all walks of life can be found discussing the issues they care about and voting for candidates that best reflect their values. This creates a vibrant civic culture where democracy flourishes and voices from all corners of the city are respected and heard.
The political climate in Painterhood, KS is strongly conservative.
Elk County, KS is very conservative. In Elk County, KS 14.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 14.3%.
Elk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Painterhood, KS is strongly conservative.
Elk 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.
Painterhood, 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 Painterhood, 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 23 contributions totaling $2,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)