The small town of Russell Springs, KS is home to a tight-knit community with a population of just over 1,600 people. Despite its small size, the town is highly engaged in local politics and elections. Every year, local residents come out in droves to vote for the candidates who best represent their interests and values. This ensures that the elected officials represent the local population's wishes. The candidates themselves must actively engage with the community through debates and events, allowing voters to make an informed decision when choosing who will represent them at the local level.
The political climate in Russell Springs, 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
Russell Springs, 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.
Russell Springs, 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 Russell Springs, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $85 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)