The city of Vinita, KS is a small town located in the southeast corner of Kansas. It is known for its friendly and welcoming atmosphere and home to many businesses, schools, and parks. Despite its relatively small size, there is plenty of local politics in the area that affect its citizens. Some of the issues on the forefront include decisions about funding for public services such as road repairs and infrastructure projects, taxes, zoning regulations, and other concerns related to economic development. Local politicians also often have to address matters regarding safety and security in Vinita’s neighborhoods. At present, candidates for local office in Vinita can be found through news outlets or online searches. These campaigns give citizens an opportunity to learn more about the candidates before they go to the polls. Ultimately, when it comes to politics in Vinita, KS residents are encouraged to become informed about their local representation so that their voices can be heard within their community.
The political climate in Vinita, KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, KS is very conservative. In Kingman County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.0%.
Kingman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vinita, KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Vinita, 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 Vinita, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $2,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)