Liberal, KS is a small city in southwest Kansas with a population of around 20,000 people. It is the home of Seward County Community College and has been an important agricultural center for many years. The city is governed by Mayor Jack Hall and the City Council which consists of four members representing wards around the city. The current political environment in Liberal is largely dominated by conservative values and Republican candidates. During the last election, the incumbent Republican mayor was re-elected. Several pro-business initiatives have been passed by the City Council to help attract and retain businesses in Liberal, making it an even more attractive place to live and work. In addition, there are active civic organizations that advocate for improved infrastructure and school systems to support their local residents. Despite its size, Liberal is a politically engaged city with strong ties to its agricultural roots and commitment to improving the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Liberal, KS is somewhat conservative.
Seward County, KS is strongly conservative. In Seward County, KS 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.7% to 34.6%.
Seward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberal, KS is somewhat conservative.
Seward County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Liberal Metro Area is strongly 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.
Liberal, 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 Liberal, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $5,767 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 227 contributions totaling $86,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)