Montgomery County is located in the eastern part of Kansas, and its political landscape is largely influenced by the Republican party. The county is part of the 4th congressional district which has been represented in Congress since 2011 by Republican Ron Estes. The County itself is governed by a county commission comprised of three members, all of whom are Republicans. At the state level, Montgomery County is part of the 31st District of the Kansas House of Representatives which has been held by Republican Les Mason since 2017. The Senate seat for Montgomery County has been held since 2017 by Republican Bud Estes. Overall, Montgomery County's politics are heavily dominated by the Republican party and their conservative positions on issues like taxation, education and healthcare.
The political climate in Montgomery County, KS is very conservative.
In Montgomery County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.0%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery County, KS is very conservative.
Coffeyville 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.
Montgomery, 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 Montgomery County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 498 contributions totaling $31,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $35,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)