Kinsley, KS is a small town located in Edwards County of southwest Kansas. With a population of around 1,500 people, politics in Kinsley revolve around local issues that are important to the citizens. These include things like education reform, job creation, and infrastructure improvement. Local elections are held every two years and involve candidates from both major political parties. Political ideologies vary across the town but most residents tend to be conservative on fiscal issues and moderate on social ones. The biggest challenge politicians face is finding ways to manage resources and prioritize spending for the betterment of the community. Despite its small size, 67547 Kinsley has an active political scene with passionate residents who are engaged in their local government and always striving for progress.
The political climate in Zip 67547 (Kinsley, KS) is very conservative.
Edwards County, KS is very conservative. In Edwards County, KS 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Edwards county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Edwards county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67547 (Kinsley, KS) is very conservative.
Kinsley, Kansas is very conservative.
Edwards 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.
Kinsley, 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 67547 (Kinsley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $6,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $3,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)