Hesston, KS is a small town located in Harvey County with a population of just over 3,200 people. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and five-member City Council, all of whom serve four-year terms. The current mayor is John Anderson and the current city council members are Jim Riley, Lori Ferguson, Chris Hatfield, Jeff Ochsner and Chris Reimer. As a small town in central Kansas, Hesston is known for its tight-knit community and values such as hard work and neighborly hospitality. The local politics center around issues that impact everyday life in the Hesston area such as public safety, infrastructure development, job growth and economic development. Residents of Hesston regularly come together to discuss topics related to their shared goals and values for the future of their community.
The political climate in Hesston, KS is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, KS is moderately conservative. In Harvey County, KS 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harvey county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Harvey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hesston, KS is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hesston, 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 Hesston, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $8,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)