Abbyville, KS is a small town located in the heart of Kansas. It has a vibrant community with strong values and deep traditions. Politics is an important part of life in Abbyville, and the residents are involved in local politics to ensure that their voices are heard. Every election season, local citizens take to the polls to cast their votes for the candidates they believe will best represent them. Local politicians work hard to make sure that they are responsive to their constituents’ needs and concerns. The city council is an active body that meets regularly to discuss and decide on matters such as public safety, transportation infrastructure, and other issues that affect the residents of Abbyville. Overall, Abbyville strives for a vibrant democracy where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in Abbyville, KS is very 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
Abbyville, KS is very 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.
Abbyville, 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 Abbyville, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 222 contributions totaling $7,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,282 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)