The city of Yates Center, KS, located in Woodson County, is a vibrant community with a small-town feel. The city has an active political climate, though the population is estimated to be around 1,500 people. Local politics are driven by the mayor and City Council who make decisions around the budget for infrastructure projects, public safety improvements, and other community-focused initiatives. They also work closely with local organizations to ensure that services like public transportation and economic development initiatives are available to residents and businesses. Every two years there is an election for new members of the council as well as for mayor. Voting in Yates Center is high amongst citizens; they take pride in their city and are passionate about protecting its future.
The political climate in Zip 66783 (Yates Center, KS) is very conservative.
Woodson County, KS is very conservative. In Woodson County, KS 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.0%.
Woodson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66783 (Yates Center, KS) is very conservative.
Yates Center, Kansas is very conservative.
Woodson 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.
Yates Center, 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 66783 (Yates Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)