Oak, KS is a small town that is served by a mayor and city council. The city council consists of five members who are elected at-large for two-year terms. The Mayor is elected to serve a four-year term. The City Council meets monthly to discuss local issues and make decisions that affect the people of Oak, KS. Issues discussed in recent meetings include the development of new businesses, support for local infrastructure projects, and funding for public services such as schools and libraries. In addition to these issues, the City Council works to ensure that all laws are enforced fairly and equitably throughout the community. The members of the City Council also strive to ensure that everyone in Oak, KS receives fair representation in their decision making processes.
The political climate in Oak, KS is strongly conservative.
Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak, KS is strongly conservative.
Smith 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.
Oak, 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 Oak, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)