Paris, KS is a small town in Kansas with a population of 1,205 people. It has an active and involved political landscape, with local elections held often to determine the elected officials for the city government. The mayor of Paris is Robert Buttery who was recently re-elected for his second term in office. Along with the mayor, there are four councillors who are responsible for overseeing all local legislative matters and making sure that Paris citizens' needs are being addressed. All four councillors have been long-time residents of Paris and are very familiar with the town's history and its people. Every year there are two election cycles where citizens can vote in local candidates of their choice to serve on the city council and make sure that their hometown remains safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Paris, KS is very conservative.
Linn County, KS is very conservative. In Linn County, KS 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Linn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 17.8%.
Linn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paris, KS is very conservative.
Linn County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Paris, 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 Paris, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 115 contributions totaling $2,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $88,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $566 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)