The small town of Clayton, KS (zip code 67629) has a population of approximately 400 people and is located in the western part of Kansas. Politically, the town is largely conservative, with the majority of residents voting Republican in national elections. At the local level, Clayton's mayor is Rebecca Murdock-Wenburg and members of the City Council are Kelly Brown, Alan Lile, Aaron Spencer, and Bill Schulte. In addition to these political leaders responsible for governing day-to-day municipal affairs in Clayton, voters in this area have also favored Republicans in recent state and national elections. Despite its small size and rural location, Clayton's citizens take a vested interest in their government and actively participate in political discussions at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 67629 (Clayton, 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 67629 (Clayton, KS) is very conservative.
Clayton, 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.
Clayton, 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 67629 (Clayton)
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 7 contributions totaling $715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)