Chautauqua County, Kansas is a rural area with a small population. It is a quiet area, where the people of the county come together to stay connected and take part in local politics. Local politics in Chautauqua County are focused on taking care of the needs of the community. This includes ensuring that public services are funded reasonably, making sure that the local economy is supported, and focusing on improving public infrastructure like roads and other necessary items. The people who work in these areas are passionate about their county and do their best to make it better for everyone. They often hold meetings and town halls so that everyone can have a voice. The residents of Chautauqua County feel connected to their political representatives because they know they are working hard for them and striving to make the county a better place.
The political climate in Chautauqua County, KS is very conservative.
In Chautauqua County, KS 12.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chautauqua county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.3% to 12.9%.
Chautauqua county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chautauqua 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.
Chautauqua, 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 Chautauqua County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $6,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $20,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)