Edwards, KS County is a small rural community located in Kansas. It has a rich history and is a tight-knit community. Residents of Edwards County have strong political views and regularly express their opinions on local policy issues. Local politics are often fueled by passionate debates between citizens as they aim to make the best decisions for their community. The county features many different political candidates from both major parties as well as independent or third party candidates. Local elections are always competitive as residents strive to ensure that their voices are heard and represented in Edwards County government.
The political climate in Edwards County, KS is very conservative.
In Edwards County, KS 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edwards county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Edwards county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edwards 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.
Edwards, 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 Edwards County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $6,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)