Weskan, Kansas is a small town of around 500 people located in Wallace County. Despite its small size, Weskan has an active local political scene with several candidates running for office each election. The town's mayor, George Smith, is currently in his third term in office and there are several city council members who are regularly involved in the decision making process. Issues that are top of mind for the citizens of Weskan include maintaining the quality of infrastructure such as roads and water systems, investing in local businesses to create more jobs, and improving access to recreational opportunities like parks and trails. As an active voting community, Weskan residents take their local politics seriously and cast their ballots for candidates who they feel will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 67762 (Weskan, KS) is very conservative.
Wallace County, KS is very conservative. In Wallace County, KS 5.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 93.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wallace county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 93.3% to 5.3%.
Wallace county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67762 (Weskan, KS) is very conservative.
Weskan, Kansas is very conservative.
Wallace County, Kansas is very conservative.
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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.
Weskan, 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 67762 (Weskan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)