Augusta, KS is a small city located in Butler County with a population of around 6,000 people. The current mayor is Lynn Schippel who has been in office since 2009. The City of Augusta elects council members to serve 4-year terms. Currently, the Mayor and four Council Members are serving: Robyn Baysinger (Ward 1), Nick Johnson (Ward 2), Pam Helm (Ward 3) and Larry Cuenca (Ward 4). They are dedicated to maintaining and improving the quality of life for the citizens of Augusta. As such, they have recently worked on projects such as increasing public safety, improving parks and recreation facilities, renovating downtown infrastructure, and providing tax incentives for businesses. Local political candidates are encouraged to get involved in their community by attending city meetings or volunteering in local organizations or events that give back to the citizens of Augusta.
The political climate in Zip 67010 (Augusta, KS) is strongly conservative.
Butler County, KS is very conservative. In Butler County, KS 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67010 (Augusta, KS) is strongly conservative.
Augusta, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Augusta, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 67010 (Augusta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 199 contributions totaling $11,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $14,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)