Stafford County, KS is a small rural county in the state of Kansas. It has a population of just over 4,000 people and covers an area of approximately 650 square miles. Politically, Stafford County is generally conservative and tends to lean Republican in most elections. The county is represented by Jeff Colyer in the U.S House of Representatives and Jerry Moran in the U.S Senate. At the local level, Stafford County has two commissioners who are responsible for managing day-to-day operations in the county. The current commissioners are Mike Dittenber and Shannon Shearer. Both commissioners have worked together to create a budget that helps fund important public services such as police, fire protection, road maintenance, and more. They also strive to ensure that all residents have basic necessities like clean water and electricity at an affordable price.
The political climate in Stafford County, KS is very conservative.
In Stafford County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.6%.
Stafford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stafford 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.
Stafford, 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 Stafford County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $967 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $8,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)