The city of Fontana, Kansas, located in Montgomery County and part of the greater Wichita area, is home to a population of 66026 people. The political structure in Fontana consists of a mayor and four commissioners who are elected to four-year terms by the citizens. The government is headed by Mayor Robert Kaebel, who has been in office since 2017. Elections for local offices are held every two years at the same time as state and federal elections. The current commissioners are: Mike Henderson, Dan Tipton, Jim McKenzie and Jack Roush. Each commissioner serves on various boards and committees that oversee various aspects of running the city including budgeting, development, service provision and more. Working together with the mayor these individuals ensure thatFontana runs smoothly while upholding its values and addressing its citizens’ needs.
The political climate in Zip 66026 (Fontana, KS) is very conservative.
Miami County, KS is very conservative. In Miami County, KS 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.2%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66026 (Fontana, KS) is very conservative.
Fontana, Kansas is very conservative.
Miami County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Fontana, 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 66026 (Fontana)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)