Leavenworth County is located in Kansas and has a long history of political involvement. The county is part of the 3rd Congressional District, which is currently represented by Sharice Davids. On the state level, Leavenworth county is part of Kansas's 10th senate district and 39th house district, both represented by Mike Thompson. At the local level, Leavenworth County is governed by three elected commissioners who make decisions on behalf of the county and its residents. These commissioners are tasked with managing the county budget, approving contracts for services, developing regulations that protect the health and safety of citizens, and making sure that all residents have access to essential services. In addition to these duties, they also appoint a county administrator who oversees county departments such as public works, law enforcement, fire protection and emergency services. All these officials work together to ensure that Leavenworth County remains an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Leavenworth County, KS is moderately conservative.
In Leavenworth County, KS 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Leavenworth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.2% to 38.1%.
Leavenworth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leavenworth County, KS is moderately conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Leavenworth, 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 Leavenworth County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,364 contributions totaling $142,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 831 contributions totaling $146,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)