The small town of 66733 Erie, KS is a tight-knit community with a population of just under 900 people. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the life of the town. The local government is run by an elected mayor and council, currently held by Mayor Les King and seven council members. Elections are held every four years to determine who will be in charge for the following term. Political issues that affect the residents range from taxes to economic development projects, from environmental initiatives to public safety concerns. Despite its size, Erie takes pride in being an engaged and active participant in state and local politics. Through initiative campaigns and grassroots organization, residents have been able to influence decisions that shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 66733 (Erie, KS) is very conservative.
Neosho County, KS is very conservative. In Neosho County, KS 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Neosho county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.3% to 26.1%.
Neosho county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66733 (Erie, KS) is very conservative.
Erie, Kansas is very conservative.
Neosho 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.
Erie, 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 66733 (Erie)
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 47 contributions totaling $4,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)