Russell County, Kansas is an area steeped in political history. The county has historically been a swing county with many of its citizens active in the political process. In recent years, there has been a surge in voter turnout, particularly for state and national elections. On the local level, politics in Russell County revolve around issues that are important to its citizens such as development and preservation of natural resources, public health and safety concerns, education funding and economic growth. Local political candidates must be attuned to these issues as they look to bring their ideas and solutions before the public. The citizens of Russell County pride themselves on having strong voices that can make a difference through meaningful engagement with their elected representatives on all levels of government.
The political climate in Russell County, KS is very conservative.
In Russell County, KS 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.3%.
Russell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Russell County, KS is very conservative.
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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.
Russell, 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 Russell County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $5,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $15,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)