Salina, KS is a small town located in central Kansas. It has a population of around 48,000 people and is the county seat of Saline County. The politics in Salina are mainly focused on local issues, such as education, public safety, and infrastructure development. There are several candidates running for political office in the city, ranging from Mayor to City Council members. All of these candidates have different views on how to best serve their constituents and improve life in Salina. Many of these candidates have spent years working with local organizations or volunteering in the community, so they have a good understanding of the needs and desires of the citizens they will be representing. Ultimately it is up to voters to decide which candidate they believe is best suited to serve their community and drive positive change in Salina.
The political climate in Salina, KS is moderately conservative.
Saline County, KS is strongly conservative. In Saline County, KS 33.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.4%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salina, KS is moderately conservative.
Saline County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Salina Metro Area 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.
Salina, 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 Salina, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 968 contributions totaling $101,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 470 contributions totaling $224,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)