The politics of 67601 Hays, KS are centered around the big city of Hays. Hays is the county seat of Ellis County and is home to a population of about 21,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council system with an elected mayor and eight council members who serve two-year terms. It also has its own police department, fire department, economic development office, and parks and recreation commission. Many local issues are discussed in public forums at City Hall or online on the City's website. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in 67601 Hays, KS.
The political climate in Zip 67601 (Hays, KS) is strongly conservative.
Ellis County, KS is very conservative. In Ellis County, KS 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.0%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67601 (Hays, KS) is strongly conservative.
Hays, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Ellis County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hays 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.
Hays, 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 67601 (Hays)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $54,243 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $101,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)