Located in Logan County, Kansas, the small city of Oakley is a rural community with a population of approximately 2,000 people. As such, there is only one political candidate for any given position in this area. The current mayor of Oakley is Richard L. Davidson, who was re-elected in 2017 and will serve until 2021. The City Council consists of five members and they are responsible for making sure that Oakley operates smoothly and efficiently. Some of their duties include approving budgets, creating policies, addressing local concerns and issues, as well as working to ensure that the city remains financially secure. The Council meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm in the City Hall council chambers. All residents are welcome to attend these meetings and voice their opinions or concerns regarding municipal policy decisions.
The political climate in Zip 67748 (Oakley, KS) is very conservative.
Logan County, KS is very conservative. In Logan County, KS 12.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.7% to 12.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67748 (Oakley, KS) is very conservative.
Oakley, Kansas is very conservative.
Logan County, Kansas is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Oakley, 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 67748 (Oakley)
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 44 contributions totaling $13,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)