Chase County, KS is a small rural county located in central Kansas. The county has been historically known for its agricultural heritage and deep-rooted sense of community. Politically, the county leans conservative with strong support for Republican party candidates in local and national elections. At the local level, Chase County residents have been represented by an all-Republican county commission since the late 1990s. Issues such as taxes, public safety, growth of local businesses, and economic development are paramount to voters in this area. In recent years there have been efforts to attract new businesses and to invest in infrastructure projects that will benefit current residents and those looking to move into the area in the future. Local leaders work to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met through effective policymaking while recognizing the importance of preserving Chase County’s rich heritage.
The political climate in Chase County, KS is very conservative.
In Chase County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chase county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 23.1%.
Chase county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chase 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.
Chase, 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 Chase County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $6,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $7,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)