The small town of Almena, KS located in Norton County has a population of around 478 people and is known for its rural atmosphere. It is not a heavily populated area and does not typically have local political candidates running for office. Despite this, the citizens of Almena take their civic duties seriously and strive to keep up with the politics that affect them. They stay informed on issues that are raised at the city council meetings, state legislature, and even national politics. This allows them to have an opinion on how they want their town to be governed. Even though there may not be any local candidates running for office in Almena, the residents still find ways to stay involved with what is going on in their community and nationally so they can make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 67622 (Almena, KS) is very conservative.
Norton County, KS is very conservative. In Norton County, KS 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.1% to 15.1%.
Norton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67622 (Almena, KS) is very conservative.
Almena, Kansas is very conservative.
Norton 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.
Almena, 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 67622 (Almena)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $3,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $623 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)