Medford, KS is a small town with a population of just 1,700 people located in Chase County. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members that are elected by the citizens of Medford every two years. These five individuals make important decisions each year on how to spend the town's budget and handle other local matters. Residents take part in town hall meetings to discuss their concerns and ideas for improving the town. Local political candidates for the mayor and council positions must be residents of Medford and have lived there for at least a year prior to running for office. Every election cycle, citizens get out and vote, making sure their voices are heard in order to ensure that their leaders are working towards the best interests of the community.
The political climate in Medford, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medford, KS is strongly conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Medford, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Medford, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $16,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $5,807 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)