Baxter Springs, KS is a small city located in Cherokee County. The city of 66713 has a mayor-council form of government and the current administration focuses on promoting economic development and improving public amenities. Over the years, Baxter Springs has seen its share of political campaigns with local candidates running for mayoral and council seats. These elections have been hotly contested and full of passionate debates about issues such as taxes, infrastructure, housing, education and services to the community. While different candidates may have different visions for the future of Baxter Springs, they all share the common goal of making it a better place to live for all members of this community.
The political climate in Zip 66713 (Baxter Springs, KS) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, KS is very conservative. In Cherokee County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66713 (Baxter Springs, KS) is very conservative.
Baxter Springs, Kansas is very conservative.
Cherokee County, Kansas 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.
Baxter Springs, 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 zip 66713 (Baxter Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $4,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)