Paxton, KS is a small town in North Central Kansas with a population of around 1,500 people. The local government of Paxton, KS is composed of an elected mayor and four council members. All five positions are up for election every two years. Currently, the Mayor of Paxton is John Smith and the four council members are Tom Johnson, Sarah Jones, Kyle Brown, and Andy Williams. Paxton citizens have the privilege to participate in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates during each election cycle. The citizens of Paxton strive to make sure that voices from every corner of the town are taken into account when it comes to shaping public decisions and policies. The residents also work together to ensure that their leaders have the best interests of everyone in mind when making decisions on behalf of the community. Regardless of who they vote for, Paxton citizens come together to build a better future for their small town.
The political climate in Paxton, KS is very conservative.
Logan County, KS is very conservative. In Logan County, KS 12.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.7% to 12.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paxton, KS is very conservative.
Logan 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.
Paxton, 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 Paxton, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $8,451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)