Havana, Kansas is located in Montgomery County and is a small town with a population of roughly 500 people. It is the second smallest incorporated city in the state of Kansas and is part of the Fort Scott Micropolitan Statistical Area. The City Council consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by residents every two years. The Mayor and Council are responsible for governing the community and providing necessary services such as police, fire protection, water, sewer, garbage collection, public works, parks and recreation. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in Havana, KS, they do hold regular city council meetings to keep citizens informed on current events and issues that may affect their lives.
The political climate in Havana, KS is very 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
Havana, KS is very 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.
Havana, 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 Havana, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $2,957 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)