The Town of Liberal

Mr Denoyer voted for Mr Trump, though he thinks it unlikely that the president will keep his promises. | Liberal's mayor, Joe Denoyer, was raised in a Democratic family near Chicago and moved to Liberal in search of work. | This should make the town receptive to Democrats, but Mr Trump easily won the county of which it forms part. | Liberal is conservative in a moderate Midwestern kind of way. It is also changing fast. Its big National Beef Packing plant relies on Hispanic migrants. Four-fifths of the children in Liberal's public-school system are Hispanic. | The town of Liberal is said to have been named for an early settler famous among travellers for being free with drinking water.