Allen County, KS is a vibrant community located in the heart of the Midwest. It has a strong local government that works hard to ensure its residents have access to quality services and amenities. The county is led by an elected Board of Commissioners who are responsible for creating and enforcing laws, setting budgets, and working with other local governments to address important issues. Each Commissioner is elected to serve their constituents in Allen County for four year terms. On the local level there are also city councils and school boards that work together to make sure their communities are running smoothly and meeting the needs of its citizens. Allen County strives to provide an open dialogue between its citizens and elected officials, making sure that all voices are heard when decisions are being made about important issues facing the county.
The political climate in Allen County, KS is very conservative.
In Allen County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.6%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Allen 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.
Allen, 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 Allen County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $10,120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $46,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)