Rochester, KS is a small rural town located in southeastern Kansas. The town is governed by a mayor-council system, with the mayor and four council members serving two-year terms. The current mayor is David Allan. The Rochester City Council meets every second Monday of the month to discuss issues such as zoning ordinances, street repair and improvement projects, and other topics that pertain to the citizens of Rochester. Local politics in Rochester is often characterized by a sense of cooperation among all parties involved, as decisions made by the city council are typically done in order to benefit everyone in the community. As an example of this spirit of collaboration, the Rochester City Council recently passed a motion to expand public access to recreational facilities and parks so that citizens would have more options for entertainment and leisure activities. This decision was met with great enthusiasm from local residents who saw it as a sign that their elected officials were looking out for them.
The political climate in Rochester, KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, KS is very conservative. In Kingman County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.0%.
Kingman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rochester, KS is very conservative.
Kingman County, Kansas is very 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.
Rochester, 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 Rochester, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $26,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)