The Liberal, KS Metro Area is a vibrant and growing community that is home to many different political beliefs and perspectives. While there are no local political candidates in the area, there are state representatives and senators who represent the people of the Liberal, KS Metro Area in their respective legislatures. The people of Liberal, KS Metro Area are passionate about their political views and take an active role in both local and national politics. The city also hosts several civic organizations dedicated to educating citizens on important issues and engaging them actively in the democratic process. These organizations promote discourse on key issues such as education reform, health care, infrastructure funding, economic development initiatives, environmental protection efforts, social justice initiatives, and other important topics. Ultimately, this creates an environment where residents can voice their concerns in a constructive way and help shape policy that affects their community.
The political climate in Liberal Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Liberal Metro Area 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Liberal metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.6%.
The Liberal metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberal Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Liberal, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Liberal Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $5,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $95,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)