Scottsville, KS is a small town in Kansas with a population of around 945. Politically, the town is part of the Republican-leaning district and the local government is managed by three trustees elected to two-year terms. The town does not have any local political candidates at this moment. The residents of Scottsville take pride in being a part of a small community that has embraced its rural heritage and values. They also actively participate in local elections and take their responsibility to vote very seriously. In recent elections, they have made sure to cast their votes for candidates that best represent their interests and values as citizens of Scottsville. It is clear that the residents care deeply about politics and are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard in the political arena.
The political climate in Scottsville, KS is strongly conservative.
Mitchell County, KS is very conservative. In Mitchell County, KS 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.0%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scottsville, KS is strongly conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Scottsville, 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 Scottsville, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $10,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,175 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)