Seward County, KS is a vibrant county located in the south central region of Kansas. It has a wide variety of activities available to its residents, as well as a thriving business district. Seward County is home to several towns and cities including Liberal, Kismet, Sublette, Meade, and Plains. The county has a long history of involvement in politics at the local level. Local elections are held every two years with candidates running for city councils, school boards, and other municipal offices. In addition to these offices, members from the county’s school board serve on the State Board of Education. Seward County also holds regular meetings of its Board of Commissioners; which serves as the governing body for all county services and departments. The level of engagement in politics by citizens is very high in Seward County with voter turnout typically higher than the state average for local races. There is also an active Chamber of Commerce that works to promote economic development throughout Seward County by advocating for businesses both large and small.
The political climate in Seward County, KS is strongly conservative.
In Seward County, KS 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.6%.
Seward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seward County, KS is strongly conservative.
Liberal Metro Area is strongly 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.
Seward, 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 Seward County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $5,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $95,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)