Jewell County is a rural county located in the northeastern region of Kansas. It is home to just over 3000 people, and politics in the area tend to be more conservative than other regions of the state. While Jewell County has no local political candidates, it does participate in many of the state-run elections that are held each year. The citizens of Jewell County have a strong sense of community and often partake in local initiatives such as voting on new school taxes or approving funding for public works projects. With most residents having similar values, they often come together in support of political issues that affect their county. As a result, it can be said that Jewell County is politically engaged and takes its civic duties seriously.
The political climate in Jewell County, KS is very conservative.
In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jewell 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.
Jewell, 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 Jewell County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $3,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $5,941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)