The small city of Galesburg, KS (zip code 66740) is a rural community located in southern Kansas. Politics in this area is largely conservative, with Republican candidates enjoying the support of the majority of its citizens. The most recent election saw the Republican candidate for Mayor win by a healthy margin over their Democratic opponent, and other positions on the City Council were also filled by Republicans. Although local politics are generally not as contentious or dramatic as larger cities, Galesburg residents take their civic duties seriously and actively participate in elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Local volunteers often do much of the work necessary to educate and inform residents about important topics such as taxes, crime, and infrastructure improvements. In all, politics in Galesburg are an important part of maintaining order and ensuring prosperity for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 66740 (Galesburg, 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 66740 (Galesburg, KS) is very conservative.
Galesburg, 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.
Galesburg, 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 66740 (Galesburg)
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)