Reading, KS is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. The politics in Reading are primarily focused on issues that affect the local community, such as public safety, infrastructure and economic development. Reading has a mayor-council form of government which is made up of five members who are elected at large to serve 4-year terms. The city also has a full-time administrator who oversees day-to-day operations. In terms of political parties, most of the people in Reading identify as either Democrats or Republicans. While there are no currently running local candidates, citizens can get involved by attending town hall meetings or volunteering for community projects.
The political climate in Reading, KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Lyon County, KS 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained strongly Republican, 53.7% to 43.1%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Reading, KS is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Emporia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Reading, 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 Reading, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $13,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $7,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,029 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)