The politics in 66701 Fort Scott, KS are often heated topics of conversation, as the city is strongly divided between two major political parties. Despite this division, the community remains united around issues that affect all citizens, such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education. In recent years the city has seen a shift towards more progressive policies supported by local candidates from both sides. Mayor Richard Hite is a prominent figure in the local political landscape and has been instrumental in enacting reforms to improve public services and bring new businesses to town. On the other side of the aisle, challenger Jack Jones is running on a platform of fiscal responsibility and lower taxes to make life easier for all citizens. This election season promises to be an exciting time for 66701 Fort Scott as residents continue to debate and discuss their differing views about what type of leadership will best serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 66701 (Fort Scott, KS) is strongly conservative.
Bourbon County, KS is very conservative. In Bourbon County, KS 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bourbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 23.1%.
Bourbon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66701 (Fort Scott, KS) is strongly conservative.
Fort Scott, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Bourbon 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.
Fort Scott, 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 66701 (Fort Scott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $9,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $38,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)