Doniphan County is a small county in the state of Kansas, located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is known as an agricultural community, with a largely rural landscape. The county seat is Troy, which serves as the population and business center for the county, along with several smaller towns and villages. Politics in Doniphan County are dominated by local Republican and Democratic parties. Both parties have had strong support from area residents for many years, and both maintain active organizations in the county. The Republican Party has held a majority of elected positions in recent years, though Democrats have made gains in some areas. While local elections often attract little attention outside of Doniphan County's borders, they remain important to its residents. Elections for mayor, city councilman and local school board members are normally contested on both sides of the aisle. These contests highlight the importance that citizens place on their representatives at all levels of government and serve as reminders to always keep a watchful eye on those who are elected to represent them.
The political climate in Doniphan County, KS is very conservative.
In Doniphan County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Doniphan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.5%.
Doniphan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Doniphan County, KS is very conservative.
St. Joseph Metro Area is very 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.
Doniphan, 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 Doniphan County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,298 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $10,497 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)