Ellsworth County is a small rural county located in central Kansas. The county has a population of around 5,000 people and is home to the cities of Ellsworth and Wilson. Politically, the county leans heavily towards conservative values and Republicans have traditionally held most positions in local government. Currently, the county commissioners are all Republican-controlled and the mayor of Ellsworth is also a Republican. While state and federal elections tend to be more contested, local politics remain fairly uneventful with incumbents usually maintaining their positions each election cycle. Overall, citizens of Ellsworth County tend to value limited government involvement and fiscal responsibility when it comes to managing their affairs.
The political climate in Ellsworth County, KS is very conservative.
In Ellsworth County, KS 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellsworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.7%.
Ellsworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ellsworth 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.
Ellsworth, 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 Ellsworth County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $4,779 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)