Abilene, KS is a small town located in the north-central part of Kansas, with an estimated population of 6,000. This small rural community is home to many hard working citizens and holds a close-knit local culture. In terms of politics in the area, Abilene is represented by Republican Lynn Jenkins in Congress who has held her seat since 2009. On the state level, Abilene is represented by Representatives Tom Hawk and Don Hineman and Senator Bud Estes. All three are members of the Republican party with Hawk and Hineman serving as Co-Majority Leaders for the Kansas House of Representatives while Estes serves on the Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee. Abilene also elects a Mayor and City Council representatives which works together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. Overall, Abilene is largely dominated by Republicans with its representatives often seeking reelection when their term expires.
The political climate in Zip 67410 (Abilene, KS) is very conservative.
Dickinson County, KS is very conservative. In Dickinson County, KS 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.0%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67410 (Abilene, KS) is very conservative.
Abilene, Kansas is very conservative.
Dickinson 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.
Abilene, 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 67410 (Abilene)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $7,808 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $18,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)