Thomas, KS County is a rural area with a small population of just over 2,000 people. The county has a representative in the Kansas House of Representatives as well as a senator in the Kansas Senate. With such a small population, politics in Thomas are often decided at the local level. Local elections take place every two years and typically consist of candidates vying for positions such as mayor, sheriff, city council members, and school board members. The local government works hard to ensure that Thomas remains an attractive place to live and work by managing infrastructure projects such as water and sewer systems and roads. It also strives to provide access to quality education for students while maintaining low taxes for its citizens. All local political decisions are made with the best interests of the community in mind.
The political climate in Thomas County, KS is very conservative.
In Thomas County, KS 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Thomas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.4%.
Thomas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomas 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.
Thomas, 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 Thomas County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $7,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $17,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)