The politics of Butler County, KS are driven by the local people who call it home. The county is governed by a three-member board that is elected to four year terms. Each year, voters in the county select individuals to represent their interests on the Board. Every election cycle, candidates from both major political parties present themselves as viable options for office and compete for votes. As part of the process, citizens in the county are encouraged to take part in open forums and debates to learn more about each candidate's platform and policies. At the end of each election cycle, those who receive the greatest number of votes become members of the Board and help shape its decisions and policy priorities. With a commitment to representing all voices within Butler County, KS politics strive to create a better community through thoughtful decision making.
The political climate in Butler County, KS is very conservative.
In Butler County, KS 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butler County, KS 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.
Butler, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Butler County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 892 contributions totaling $83,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 742 contributions totaling $187,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)