Americus, KS (66835) is a small town located in the eastern part of Kansas. It has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor and four council members are elected by the citizens. The mayor is responsible for setting up policies and making sure they are enforced while the council works to implement those policies. The current mayor is Jamie Spessard, who was first elected in 2008. He and his team have worked hard to improve public safety, increase access to education, and improve infrastructure in the city. They have been able to do this through careful planning, budgeting, and engaging with the citizens of Americus. Local residents are proud of their town’s government and its progress under their leadership.
The political climate in Zip 66835 (Americus, KS) is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Lyon County, KS 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained strongly Republican, 53.7% to 43.1%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66835 (Americus, KS) is moderately conservative.
Americus, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Emporia Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Americus, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 66835 (Americus)
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)