Crawford County, Kansas is a largely rural county located in the southeastern portion of the state. It is home to several small towns and villages, but its largest population center is Pittsburg. The county government is focused on preserving the rural character of the area while providing essential services to its citizens. The county commission works together with elected officials from other towns in the county to ensure that all areas receive adequate funding for public works projects, law enforcement, and social services. Local political activity centers around campaigns for town councils and school boards as well as the Crawford County Commission itself. Candidates typically focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and protecting local natural resources. Residents are passionate about their communities and take part in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions about the future of their town and county.
The political climate in Crawford County, KS is moderately conservative.
In Crawford County, KS 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crawford County, KS is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg Metro Area is moderately 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.
Crawford, Kansas: r r d 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 Crawford County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,404 contributions totaling $132,305 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 442 contributions totaling $563,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)