Kansas State is home to a wide variety of political views and ideologies. Kansas' state government is composed of many elected officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties, who are responsible for passing laws and making decisions that affect the state's residents. Some major issues that have been discussed recently in Kansas politics include taxation, education, healthcare, and criminal justice reform. In addition to local elections, Kansans also vote for representatives in the United States Congress who represent their interests in Washington D.C. Participating in local elections is one of the best ways that Kansans can make sure their voices are heard on important political issues. The results of these elections will shape the future of Kansas politics for years to come.
The political climate in Kansas is somewhat conservative.
In Kansas 41.4% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Kansas remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 41.4%.
Kansas voted Republican in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Kansas, 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 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 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 Kansas
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102,219 contributions totaling $12,179,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36,155 contributions totaling $17,885,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $495 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)