Mitchell, KS County is a small rural county in the Midwest region of the United States. The county is not particularly well known but has a thriving agricultural sector and a growing tourism industry. Despite its relatively small size, Mitchell KS County is still subject to its own state and federal politics. This includes local elections for various offices such as State Senator, Governor and US Representative. Local political candidates typically represent the parties most prominent in the area: Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. These individuals bring their own ideologies to the table when it comes to enacting policy or law that affects the people of Mitchell KS County. Issues such as taxes, education, healthcare access, infrastructure projects and other matters are often discussed by these politicians in order to ensure that all citizens receive fair treatment regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Mitchell County, KS is very conservative.
In Mitchell County, KS 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.0%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mitchell 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.
Mitchell, 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 Mitchell County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $15,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $10,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)