Dodge City, Kansas is an important political center in the state of Kansas. With a population of over 27,000, Dodge City has seen a great deal of growth over the past few years and is now one of the most populous cities in the state. The local politics are heavily influenced by the surrounding rural areas and small towns, which makes for a unique political atmosphere. There are a number of local candidates that are running for office this year and all have their own ideas about how to best serve the community. Issues such as education funding, economic development, health care access, and crime prevention have been top priorities during this election cycle. It will be interesting to see which candidates will be successful in this election cycle and who will lead Dodge City going forward into the future.
The political climate in Zip 67801 (Dodge City, KS) is moderately conservative.
Ford County, KS is very conservative. In Ford County, KS 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67801 (Dodge City, KS) is moderately conservative.
Dodge City, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Ford County, Kansas is very conservative.
Dodge City 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.
Dodge City, 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 67801 (Dodge City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 352 contributions totaling $38,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $84,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)