Ryan, KS is a small town located in the North-Central part of Kansas. While the population of Ryan is relatively small, politics still has an impact on the community. The local government consists of a mayor, city council members, and various other appointed and elected positions. Elections for local offices are held periodically for the position of mayor as well as for city council members. Ryan residents take part in local political discussion and often get active in campaigns to help support their preferred candidates. As with any city or town, emphasizing issues that are important to its citizens is essential in order to ensure that all voices are heard and represented when it comes to decision making regarding important matters such as taxes, job growth, public safety, infrastructure improvements and more.
The political climate in Ryan, KS is very conservative.
Sumner County, KS is very conservative. In Sumner County, KS 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ryan, KS is very conservative.
Sumner County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ryan, 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 Ryan, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)