Delphos, KS is a small town of around 150 residents located in Central Kansas. The local politics of Delphos are mainly handled by the city council, which consists of five members elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor serves as the leader of the city council and is also elected by the people of Delphos. Currently, the Mayor of Delphos is Paul Grothaus, who was first elected in 2010 and has served for two consecutive terms since then. The day-to-day decisions that affect the town are voted on by the City Council. These decisions can range from allocating funds for projects or creating new laws. Since its population is small, many issues discussed in Delphos are often local matters that specifically affect the people living in this area.
The political climate in Zip 67436 (Delphos, KS) is very conservative.
Ottawa County, KS is very conservative. In Ottawa County, KS 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 15.9%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67436 (Delphos, KS) is very conservative.
Delphos, Kansas is very conservative.
Ottawa County, Kansas is very conservative.
Salina 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.
Delphos, 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 67436 (Delphos)
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 10 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)