Jewell, KS is a small town located in the north-central part of Kansas. As a rural community, Jewell has a small but active local political scene. The city council meets regularly to discuss and decide on matters such as local zoning regulations, infrastructure projects and budgeting decisions. Residents are encouraged to attend meetings and voice their opinions about the important issues facing the community. The current mayor of Jewell is Robynn Sheckler, who was elected in 2020. In addition, there are several other City Council members who are elected by residents to represent them on various issues. Despite its size, Jewell's local politics are important for providing citizens with a say in how their community is governed.
The political climate in Jewell, KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell County, KS is very conservative. In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jewell, KS is strongly conservative.
Jewell 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.
Jewell, 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 Jewell, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)