Gove County, located in Kansas, is a vibrant community that is home to many hardworking people. Politically the county is primarily Republican-leaning and has supported conservative candidates over the years. The county seat of Gove is the city of Gove, KS. Every two years, local residents gather to vote in the general election for representatives of their district on the county commission. The elected officials play an important role in ensuring that the needs of their constituents are met and that they have access to quality services such as education, health care, and public safety. Additionally, each year the local voters also select a mayor and several city council members who govern their respective towns and cities within Gove County. It's clear that politics plays an important role in this small community and that residents take seriously their right to choose their elected leaders.
The political climate in Gove County, KS is very conservative.
In Gove County, KS 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gove county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.8% to 11.3%.
Gove county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gove 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.
Gove, 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 Gove County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $8,743 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)