The politics in 66711 Arcadia, KS is dominated by the Republican Party. There are a few local elections that take place throughout the year, such as for town officials and school board members. In recent years, candidates from both major political parties have competed for these offices, though Republicans have had a slight majority. Additionally, there are some citizen-initiated ballot questions every few years related to specific topics like taxes or infrastructure improvements. Voters in 66711 Arcadia, KS tend to be more conservative in their views than other parts of the state and nation. However, with increasing numbers of younger voters expressing progressive beliefs, it will be interesting to see how the political landscape changes over the next decade.
The political climate in Zip 66711 (Arcadia, KS) is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, KS is moderately conservative. In Crawford County, KS 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.0%.
Crawford county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66711 (Arcadia, KS) is strongly conservative.
Arcadia, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Arcadia, Kansas: r r d 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 66711 (Arcadia)
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 2 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)