Rice, KS County has a rich history of political activity. The county is served by several elected officials including a county commissioner, sheriff, assessor and treasurer. The county also has representatives in the Kansas State House and Senate representing their district. Every two years, local residents are invited to vote for candidates running in various positions such as school board members or local tax levying bodies. Over the years Rice County has experienced important changes due to politics from tax increases to zoning laws that affect agriculture and development in the area. Political debates between candidates often draw attention from local media outlets providing an opportunity for community members to become informed about the issues affecting their area. Local politicians strive to make decisions based on valued opinions from constituents while understanding that not everyone will always agree with their stance on certain matters.
The political climate in Rice County, KS is very conservative.
In Rice County, KS 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 22.3%.
Rice county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rice 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.
Rice, 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 Rice County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $15,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,029 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $21,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)