New Gottland, KS is a small town with a population of about 5,000 people, located in the heart of Kansas. The local political landscape is largely nonpartisan, and its representatives tend to be focused on local issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and health care. New Gottland has two county commissioners who represent the county in state legislature and work closely with city council members to provide effective governance and service to the community. Elections are held every two years for new candidates who can bring innovative ideas to serve the people of New Gottland. The people of New Gottland take pride in their local political leaders who strive to make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in New Gottland, KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, KS is very conservative. In McPherson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McPherson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 28.6%.
McPherson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Gottland, KS is very conservative.
McPherson County, Kansas is very conservative.
McPherson 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.
New Gottland, 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 New Gottland, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 327 contributions totaling $54,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $54,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)