Sylvia, KS is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. It has a local government that is led by a Mayor and a City Council. Residents of Sylvia are politically active and participate in elections for city officials, school board members, county commissioners, state representatives and more. The current Mayor of Sylvia is John Smith who was elected for his second term in 2019. The City Council consists of five members who work together to make decisions on issues impacting the citizens of Sylvia such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Local residents take pride in their community and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard when it comes to political decision-making.
The political climate in Sylvia, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sylvia, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Sylvia, 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 Sylvia, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)