Stanton County in Kansas is a small rural county with a population of just over 4,000 people. While it has few political candidates, those who do run for political office have a deep commitment to the community and strive to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. The local government works diligently to maintain fiscal responsibility and provide services to citizens while ensuring that taxes remain low. The people of Stanton County support their local leaders and take an active role in their government, including attending town hall meetings and engaging in dialogue with representatives. Working together, the community leaders in Stanton County work hard to ensure that all citizens feel like they are being represented and heard.
The political climate in Stanton County, KS is very conservative.
In Stanton County, KS 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stanton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.1%.
Stanton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanton 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.
Stanton, 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 Stanton County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $9,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $11,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)