Smith, KS County is a small county in the Midwest region of the United States. Politically it is generally considered to be a conservative area, and its government leans Republican. The county is governed by an elected board of supervisors, who are responsible for the maintenance and operation of essential services, such as roads and public safety. In addition to that, Smith County also has its own local elections for political offices, such as mayor and city council members. These elections are held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Residents of Smith County can participate in these elections by voting either in person or absentee ballot. The outcome of these elections determines who will lead the county for the next two-year period.
The political climate in Smith County, KS is very conservative.
In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smith 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.
Smith, 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 Smith County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $5,905 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)