New Albany, KS is a small town located in Nemaha County. While the town does not hold any local government offices, it is an important part of the county's political landscape. The city is represented by State Senator Tom Hawk and State Representative Blaine Finch in the Kansas Legislature. At the county level, Nemaha County encompasses two districts that are each represented by two commissioners who serve four-year terms. These representatives work to ensure New Albany's interests are represented in local issues such as taxation, infrastructure and education.
The political climate in New Albany, KS is strongly conservative.
Wilson County, KS is very conservative. In Wilson County, KS 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.3%.
Wilson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Albany, KS is strongly conservative.
Wilson 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.
New Albany, 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 New Albany, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)