Preston, Kansas is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. The city is governed by a mayor and council who are elected every two years in the local municipal elections. The mayor and council members are responsible for setting the budget, managing the city services, and making laws that govern the community. Local politics in Preston are focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens, ensuring the safety of its citizens, and maintaining fiscal responsibility. The city works hard to make sure that all residents have access to basic services such as good roads, clean water, safe parks, and public transportation systems. Additionally, the local political candidates strive to promote economic development projects within the town in order to create job opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Preston, KS is very conservative.
Pratt County, KS is very conservative. In Pratt County, KS 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pratt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.6%.
Pratt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Preston, KS is very conservative.
Pratt 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.
Preston, 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 Preston, 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 12 contributions totaling $2,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)