Rolla, KS is a small town with a unique political climate. The town takes pride in its ability to maintain distinct political values that are often different from larger nearby cities. Rolla does not have any local political candidates, but citizens take an active role in expressing their opinion on the issues both locally and nationally. As such, the town is known for being engaged in debates around current events and voting on policies that will affect the community. Residents of Rolla also keep up with state and federal elections, making sure they stay informed about how their elected officials are representing them. Despite the lack of local politicians running for office, Rolla is proud to have an active voice in local government decisions and debates.
The political climate in Rolla, KS is strongly conservative.
Morton County, KS is very conservative. In Morton County, KS 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.3% to 12.5%.
Morton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rolla, KS is strongly conservative.
Morton 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.
Rolla, 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 Rolla, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)