The city of Clearwater, KS (67026) is an incredibly small town in south central Kansas with a population of just under three thousand people. Despite its size, politics within the city are still important to its residents. The city operates under a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and four council members elected by the citizens each year in non-partisan elections. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions about local issues such as taxation, public services, and municipal budgeting. Local candidates often have strong ties to the community and come from various backgrounds such as business owners, teachers, farmers, and even retirees. This diversity helps to ensure that all voices can be heard when it comes to local politics in Clearwater.
The political climate in Zip 67026 (Clearwater, KS) is moderately conservative.
Sedgwick County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Sedgwick County, KS 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sedgwick county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 42.6%.
Sedgwick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67026 (Clearwater, KS) is moderately conservative.
Clearwater, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Sedgwick County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Wichita 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.
Clearwater, 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 67026 (Clearwater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $12,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $18,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)