Coffeyville, KS is a city of about 10,000 people located in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor, Harvey Docking, has held the office since 2015 and was reelected in 2019 for another four-year term. The city council consists of nine members who are elected to two-year terms from one of three wards within the city. In addition to these elected officials, Coffeyville elects representatives at the state and federal level who work to represent constituents on issues that impact them locally. These representatives have a direct impact on the political landscape of Coffeyville and its citizens. There is also an active community presence within Coffeyville that works together to create an atmosphere of civility and cooperation between local businesses and residents alike. Overall, politics in Coffeyville are focused primarily on creating a foundation for economic growth while simultaneously addressing issues such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and education reform.
The political climate in Coffeyville, KS is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, KS is very conservative. In Montgomery County, KS 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.0%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coffeyville, KS is moderately conservative.
Montgomery County, Kansas is very conservative.
Coffeyville 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.
Coffeyville, 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 Coffeyville, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 216 contributions totaling $11,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $9,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)