The politics in 67005 Arkansas City, KS are quite interesting. The area is generally considered to be a Republican stronghold in the state of Kansas and has traditionally gone for right-leaning candidates in most elections. In recent years, however, the city's political landscape has been shifting as more liberal candidates have been seen as viable options among local voters. For example, Democratic candidate Laura Kelly won the 2018 gubernatorial election in Arkansas City with nearly 50% of the vote. Additionally, there has been an influx of new political ideas with issues such as criminal justice reform and healthcare being discussed by both local representatives and residents alike. As a result, 67005 Arkansas City is currently in the process of redefining its political identity as it continues to evolve beyond its conservative roots.
The political climate in Zip 67005 (Arkansas City, KS) is strongly conservative.
Cowley County, KS is very conservative. In Cowley County, KS 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cowley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Cowley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67005 (Arkansas City, KS) is strongly conservative.
Arkansas City, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Cowley 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.
Arkansas City, 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 67005 (Arkansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $32,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $7,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)