St. Francis, KS is a small city located in the northeastern part of the state and is known for its rural charm and welcoming community. The city has a mayor-council form of government, along with an elected councilperson from each of the four wards in the city. City politics are very active; the mayor and council hold regular meetings to discuss matters that affect the city and involve many citizens in decisions about important issues. The mayor strives to ensure that St. Francis remains a safe and vibrant place to live, work, and play. Local issues include infrastructure improvements, such as road repairs, parks renovations, and water/sewer projects. Candidates for office are vetted by residents through public forums, debates, interviews, and other forms of engagement before being elected into office.
The political climate in St. Francis, KS is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne County, KS is very conservative. In Cheyenne County, KS 15.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cheyenne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.7%.
Cheyenne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Francis, KS is strongly conservative.
Cheyenne 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.
St. Francis, 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 St. Francis, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $3,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)