Labette County, KS is a small rural county located in the southeast corner of Kansas. It is known for its rolling hills, lush farmland and friendly people. Politically, Labette County leans slightly Republican on a state level, with Republicans holding the majority in both houses of the state legislature. On a local level, elections are nonpartisan and most candidates focus on issues such as managing county resources and creating jobs. The current County Commission consists of three members from different areas of the county who work together to address the issues that impact all citizens of Labette County. Recently, the commission has worked to reduce taxes while still maintaining quality services for residents. The county also supports various local organizations such as Habitat for Humanity and animal rescue groups to help those in need within the community.
The political climate in Labette County, KS is very conservative.
In Labette County, KS 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Labette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.0%.
Labette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Labette County, KS is very conservative.
Parsons Metro Area is very 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.
Labette, 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 Labette County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $9,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $31,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)