St. George, KS is a small rural community located in the southeastern part of Kansas. The city is home to a tight-knit community of about 1,200 people who strive to keep their town safe and prosperous. St. George has an active City Council which consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of the town on a two-year basis. The council meets monthly to discuss topics pertaining to city services, infrastructure, and ordinances. The Mayor serves as chairperson for council meetings and is responsible for enforcing decisions made by the council. Furthermore, community members are actively involved in local politics through attending public meetings and voting in elections that affect their town. As a result, St. George is constantly striving to ensure the safety and well-being of its residents through effective leadership and engaging conversations with the citizens it represents.
The political climate in St. George, KS is strongly conservative.
Pottawatomie County, KS is very conservative. In Pottawatomie County, KS 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawatomie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.3%.
Pottawatomie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. George, KS is strongly conservative.
Pottawatomie County, Kansas is very conservative.
Manhattan Metro Area is leaning 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. George, 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. George, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)