Ford, KS is located in Ford County and is a small, rural town of about 400 people. The town has many local political candidates running for office each year, with the most important being the mayor. The current mayor is Paul Johnson, a lifelong resident of Ford County and a graduate of Ford High School. Other candidates include multiple members from a variety of local organizations such as the local Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, and other civic groups. These candidates are all passionate about making a positive difference in their community and strive to provide better services and amenities for the citizens of Ford County. They focus on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety initiatives, and more. This election season will be an exciting one as the people of Ford Kansas take part in electing their mayors and representatives that will help shape the future of their town.
The political climate in Zip 67842 (Ford, KS) is very 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 67842 (Ford, KS) is very conservative.
Ford, Kansas is very 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.
Ford, 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 67842 (Ford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)