The city of Auburn, KS, located in Shawnee County, 66402 is a small and tightly knit community. While the city may not have a large population, it still has an active political presence with various candidates running for local office. The current mayor of Auburn is Stephanie Rood who was elected in 2020 and serves a two-year term. She is supported by a five-member city council that makes decisions on behalf of the citizens of Auburn. Each year, the citizens are invited to take part in voting to choose their preferred candidates for each open seat on the council. The local politicians are committed to ensuring that the people of Auburn receive fair representation and that their voices are heard in government decision-making processes. Additionally, they strive to maintain an atmosphere of collaboration between citizens and government officials in order to ensure optimal services for the community.
The political climate in Zip 66402 (Auburn, KS) is leaning conservative.
Shawnee County, KS is leaning liberal. In Shawnee County, KS 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shawnee county flipped Democratic, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Shawnee county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66402 (Auburn, KS) is leaning conservative.
Auburn, Kansas is leaning conservative.
Shawnee County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Auburn, Kansas: r r r r r d
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 66402 (Auburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $7,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)