Meade, KS County is located in the southern part of Kansas and is home to a diverse population. Politically, the county has long been considered a stronghold Republican area, with Republicans holding the majority on most local boards and offices. Recently though, changes have started to take place as more Democrats have become involved in local politics. With an increasing number of people taking interest in local issues, Meade County’s political landscape is sure to evolve over time. There are many elected positions that are held by members of both parties within Meade County such as district attorney, sheriff and commissioners who all work together for the betterment of the community. Despite political differences among residents, there is still a strong sense of unity and collaboration within Meade County which helps to keep it a vibrant and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Meade County, KS is very conservative.
In Meade County, KS 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.4%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meade 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.
Meade, 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 Meade County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $11,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $27,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)