Shell Rock, KS is a small rural town in the Midwest with a population of around 200 people. The town has a local government structure that consists of a mayor and four council members that are elected by the citizens of Shell Rock. Elections for these positions are held every two years, giving residents an opportunity to select the candidates may best represent their interests. The current mayor, Melvin Johnson, has been in office since 2012 and has successfully implemented initiatives to improve the quality of life for residents. In addition to the local government structure, Shell Rock also participates in state and national politics. Residents of Shell Rock vote for representatives in both chambers of Congress as well as representatives from Kansas at the state level. Shell Rock citizens can keep up with political news and events by reading their local newspaper, attending town hall meetings led by each candidate before elections, or following national news sources on television or online.
The political climate in Shell Rock, KS is strongly conservative.
Greenwood County, KS is very conservative. In Greenwood County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greenwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 18.5%.
Greenwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shell Rock, KS is strongly conservative.
Greenwood 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.
Shell Rock, 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 Shell Rock, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $32 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)