Protection, KS is a small town in Comanche County, KS with a population of about 645 people. Despite its size, Protection is an active community politically. The town's political landscape is largely influenced by the Comanche County Republican Party, which works to promote fiscal conservatism and support local candidates who share the party's values. Local elections are held every two years, with members of the Republican Party usually receiving broad support from Protection's electorate. In addition to local elections, Protection residents cast their ballots for state and national races that shape policy at both levels. As such, Protection is an engaged community when it comes to politics both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Protection, KS is strongly conservative.
Comanche County, KS is very conservative. In Comanche County, KS 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Comanche county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 13.8%.
Comanche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Protection, KS is strongly conservative.
Comanche 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.
Protection, 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 Protection, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $2,379 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $3,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)