Galesburg, KS is a small town located in the northeastern part of Kansas. Politically, Galesburg is a strong conservative area and typically votes for Republican candidates. Locally, the mayor of Galesburg is Leslie Smith who has held office since 2016. In addition to the mayor, there are nine members on the City Council who were elected in 2019 to serve two year terms. The City Council meets on a regular basis to discuss matters such as crime prevention initiatives, economic development projects, and other issues related to local government operations. Additionally, Galesburg has a number of organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement and increasing voter turnout through education and outreach activities. As a result of these efforts, the citizens of Galesburg are well-informed about political matters and take an active interest in their local government.
The political climate in Galesburg, KS is very conservative.
Neosho County, KS is very conservative. In Neosho County, KS 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Neosho county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.1%.
Neosho county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galesburg, KS is very conservative.
Neosho 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.
Galesburg, 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 Galesburg, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)