Herington, KS is a small rural town in Kansas with a population of just over 2,100 people. It is home to a variety of people who make up the diverse community - from young professionals to retired couples. The local politics in Herington are governed by the mayor and six city council members who serve two year terms. The city council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month to discuss issues that affect the residents including zoning changes, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and public safety. The current mayor is Patty Jones who has been in office for four years and she has been vocal about her commitment to making Herington a great place to live and work. Additionally, there are numerous local political candidates that run every election cycle offering their services to improve the quality of life in Herington.
The political climate in Herington, KS is strongly conservative.
Dickinson County, KS is very conservative. In Dickinson County, KS 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.0%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Herington, KS is strongly conservative.
Dickinson 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.
Herington, 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 Herington, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 152 contributions totaling $10,622 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $4,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)