Kingman County, Kansas is a rural county with a population of just under 8,000 people. While the area is mostly agricultural, there are some small towns and cities in the county that provide services to the local residents. Politics in Kingman County are mainly handled by the Board of County Commissioners, which is composed of five elected officials who serve four-year terms. These Commissioners make decisions on issues such as taxes, spending for public services, and land use regulations. Beyond this board, Kingman County also elects representatives to state and federal offices. The county has produced several prominent politicians over the years who have gone on to hold positions at both levels of government. Local politics in Kingman County involve residents voting on specific issues that impact their communities directly, such as school boards, water rights, and local rezoning laws. Residents also maintain contact with political figures at higher levels of government through regular town hall meetings and other forms of communication.
The political climate in 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
Kingman 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.
Kingman, 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 Kingman County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $5,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $23,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)