Gray, KS County is a small county located in the southern region of the state. Its political landscape is shaped by its rural setting and its proximity to larger cities and towns. The county has several elected officials that are responsible for managing local government services and representing the interests of their constituents. At the local level, elections take place every two years for County Commissioner, Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Tax Assessor-Collector, and State Representative positions. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in these elections by voting for their preferred candidates and helping to shape the future of Gray County. As part of their duties, these officials also work with state representatives to ensure that legislation passed at the state level reflects residents' concerns and needs. Through active engagement in politics at both a local and state level, Gray County can ensure it remains a safe and prosperous community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Gray County, KS is very conservative.
In Gray County, KS 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.9%.
Gray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gray 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.
Gray, 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 Gray County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $27,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 137 contributions totaling $20,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)