Manhattan, KS is home to 66503 citizens and the local politics are closely watched by the community. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and 6 City Council members who come together to make decisions that affect all of those living in the city. Every two years, local residents have the opportunity to vote for their chosen candidates who can bring positive change to the city. Many of the current political issues focus on creating a better quality of life for residents, improving public safety, and increasing economic growth. Local campaigns are often focused on making Manhattan an even better place to live through responsible policies and initiatives that benefit all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 66503 (Manhattan, KS) is leaning liberal.
Riley County, KS is leaning liberal. In Riley County, KS 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riley county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.1%.
Riley county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66503 (Manhattan, KS) is leaning liberal.
Manhattan, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Riley County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Manhattan Metro Area is leaning 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.
Manhattan, Kansas: R R r R r d
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 66503 (Manhattan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 718 contributions totaling $83,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $95,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)