Damar, KS is a small rural town located in central Kansas. It is governed by a mayor and city council. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who has been in office since 2015. The city council consists of five members, each representing one of the five wards of Damar. These members are elected to two-year terms in local elections that take place every two years.
The political climate in Damar is usually quite peaceful with an emphasis on maintaining regional unity while also ensuring the needs of its citizens are met. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety and economic development are typically discussed at length during the election cycle. Additionally, the city also focuses on environmental protection, creating initiatives to reduce emissions and conserve resources in order to preserve the beauty of this rural community.
The political climate in Damar, KS is very conservative.
Rooks County, KS is very conservative. In Rooks County, KS 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rooks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Rooks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Damar, KS is very conservative.
Rooks 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.
Damar, 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 Damar, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)