Finney County is located in the southwestern corner of Kansas and is home to a diverse population. When it comes to politics, Finney County has been historically conservative. The Republican Party holds the majority of elected positions in Finney County including the Board of Commissioners and county Sheriff. Local residents have seen firsthand how these offices work with the community to provide essential services such as road maintenance, public safety, and health care. In addition, candidates for local office are often endorsed by major political parties in Finney County as they strive to represent their constituents’ interests. As a result, local elections often become highly competitive with a number of different candidates vying for office on both sides of the aisle. No matter who wins an election in Finney County, voters can trust that their voice will be taken into consideration when decisions are made about the future of their community.
The political climate in Finney County, KS is strongly conservative.
In Finney County, KS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Finney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 36.5%.
Finney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Finney County, KS is strongly conservative.
Garden City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Finney, 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 Finney County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 296 contributions totaling $31,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 541 contributions totaling $261,781 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)