The Emporia, KS Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse community with numerous political influences. The area is represented by Senator Pat Roberts in the United States Senate, and Representative Tracey Mann in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the local level, the city is divided into seven wards which each elect a representative to serve on the City Council. In addition to these local elected officials, there are several judicial seats such as County Attorney, County Judge, District Court Judge, Family Services Magistrate and Municipal Court Judge that are filled through public elections. As a result of these various elected positions, there is a wide range of political views represented within the Emporia Metro Area. This variety of perspectives provides for an interesting conversation about issues such as taxes, education funding and infrastructure improvements. Residents have access to many resources to help stay informed on current political issues so that they can make educated decisions when casting their votes during election season.
The political climate in Emporia Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Emporia Metro Area 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Emporia metro area remained strongly Republican, 53.7% to 43.1%.
The Emporia metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emporia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Emporia, 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 Emporia Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,381 contributions totaling $60,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $33,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)