Hanover, KS is a small town located in northeast Kansas with a population of around 1,200 people. It has a friendly and welcoming atmosphere making it an ideal place to live. The local government is managed by the City Council which consists of five members elected from the community at large. They are responsible for making policy that affects the residents of Hanover such as infrastructure projects, public safety, and economic development. In addition to the City Council there are several other organizations such as the County Commission and school board that work together to ensure that Hanover provides its citizens with safe and quality services. As a small town politics tend to be quite local in nature, but nonetheless residents take an active interest in their representatives and participate in local elections when they can.
The political climate in Hanover, KS is very conservative.
Washington County, KS is very conservative. In Washington County, KS 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover, KS is very conservative.
Washington 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.
Hanover, 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 Hanover, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)