St. John, KS is a small town with a population of around 2,800 people. Although it is considered to be a rural area, it has strong ties to the local politics in the area. The city is served by an elected mayor and a five-member board of commissioners. They work together to make decisions about local issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Every two years there are elections for these positions which allow the citizens of St. John to choose who will guide their community over the next few years. Though local candidates remain close-knit and often run unopposed, the people of St. John take their political roles seriously and show up en masse on Election Day to cast their ballots for their preferred choice.
The political climate in St. John, KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford County, KS is very conservative. In Stafford County, KS 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stafford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.6%.
Stafford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. John, KS is strongly conservative.
Stafford County, Kansas 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.
St. John, 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 St. John, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $14,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)