Pratt, KS County is located in south central Kansas. The county seat is the city of Pratt and it has a population of 6,834 people as of 2019. It is home to many diverse communities and is considered a great place to live. The county government is led by an elected Board of Commissioners which consists of five members, all from different districts within the county. This board sets policy and makes decisions for the entire county. They also appoint several other offices such as the Sheriff, Coroner, County Clerk, and Prosecuting Attorney. At the local level, Pratt County residents have access to several political candidates every election cycle who all promise to represent their district’s interests in the best way possible. These individuals often campaign heavily in order to gain support from voters before taking office. With so many vibrant communities in the area and multiple political leaders vying for attention and votes every year, politics in Pratt County are alive and well.
The political climate in Pratt County, KS is very conservative.
In Pratt County, KS 22.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pratt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 22.6%.
Pratt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pratt 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.
Pratt, 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 Pratt County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $4,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $29,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)