Lancaster, KS is a small city located in northeastern Kansas. The city is governed by a mayor and five-member city council. The current mayor of Lancaster is Jared Warren and the current members of the City Council are Richard Anderson, John Bellamy, Gerry Collins, Jyothi Kondreddy, and Roberta White. The city works hard to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens through initiatives to promote economic growth, infrastructure development, and community engagement. In addition to these efforts, Lancaster is also committed to promoting transparency and accountability in its local government. They have implemented an Open Government program that allows for easy access to information regarding meetings, decisions, policies, budgets, contracts, and more. A recent example of this commitment to open governance was their launch of an online portal where citizens can submit feedback on any number of issues they feel should be addressed locally.
The political climate in Lancaster, KS is very conservative.
Atchison County, KS is very conservative. In Atchison County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.7%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lancaster, KS is very conservative.
Atchison County, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison 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.
Lancaster, 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 Lancaster, 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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)