Osage County is a small county located in the state of Kansas. It is mostly home to rural farmland and small towns. In terms of politics, Osage County has a diverse array of candidates from both major parties. At the local level, voters can decide between the Republican Party, the Democratic Party, and any other third-party organizations that may be represented at the polls. In recent elections, voters have seen a variety of candidates from each party running for local offices such as mayor, city council member, school board member, or county commissioner. Regardless of political affiliation or party preference, all citizens living in Osage County can work together to ensure their voices are heard and their rights are protected on Election Day.
The political climate in Osage County, KS is very conservative.
In Osage County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 26.6%.
Osage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osage County, KS is very conservative.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Osage, 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 Osage County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 233 contributions totaling $19,145 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $11,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)