Phillips County, KS is a small rural county in the state of Kansas. It has a population of around 4,000 people living in its isolated rural towns and hamlets. Governmental decisions that affect the lives of Phillips County residents are generally made on the local level, with city councils and school boards having control over many issues that directly impact county residents. Politics in Phillips County are dominated by small-town values and conservative ideals, with candidates from both major political parties vying for election to local government positions each year. The current mayor is a Republican who was elected last year, while the majority of members on the county commission are Democrats. Residents often discuss the issues surrounding their local politics during town hall meetings or at community events held throughout the county each year.
The political climate in Phillips County, KS is very conservative.
In Phillips County, KS 11.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phillips county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.9% to 11.4%.
Phillips county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phillips 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.
Phillips, 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 Phillips County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $64,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $921 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)