Trego County is located in the far west region of Kansas, with a population of approximately 3,000 people. The politics of Trego County are heavily influenced by the area’s small size and rural nature. Local candidates focus on issues such as maintaining basic services, supporting local businesses, and promoting economic development in the area. Civic engagement is strong among many residents, with participation from across the political spectrum. In recent years, local elections have been contentious and passionate debates about differences in opinion have frequently occurred inside county government. Despite its small size and distance from larger population centers, Trego County takes politics seriously and strives to represent its constituents faithfully.
The political climate in Trego County, KS is very conservative.
In Trego County, KS 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 14.8%.
Trego county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trego 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.
Trego, 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 Trego County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $4,058 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)