The politics in the McPherson, KS Metro Area are managed by the local government. In terms of representation, there are no elected state senators or U.S. representatives at the federal level. The local political scene is dominated by county commissioners and members of city councils that are responsible for setting policies and laws. This helps ensure that the needs of citizens in the McPherson area are met and that their voices are heard on matters of importance to them. Additionally, other municipal offices, such as school boards, parks and recreation districts, housing authorities, and special service boards also exist to help keep the area running smoothly. The primary goal of these officials is to implement policies beneficial to their constituents while balancing budgetary concerns.
The political climate in McPherson Metro Area is very conservative.
In McPherson Metro Area 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the McPherson metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
The McPherson metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McPherson Metro Area is very 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.
McPherson, 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 McPherson Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 596 contributions totaling $60,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 456 contributions totaling $176,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)