67846 Garden City, KS, is a small but thriving community with a vibrant political climate. With a population of just over 30,000 people, the city is governed by an elected mayor and six members of the city council. The city has an active political scene with numerous local candidates running for office each year. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and represent diverse perspectives on how to best run the city. From education to public safety, there are many important issues that the local government in Garden City addresses. In addition to voting for representatives every two years, citizens also have the opportunity to participate in various local initiatives aimed at improving their community.
The political climate in Zip 67846 (Garden City, KS) is somewhat conservative.
Finney County, KS is strongly conservative. In Finney County, KS 36.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Finney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 36.5%.
Finney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67846 (Garden City, KS) is somewhat conservative.
Garden City, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Finney County, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Garden City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Garden City, 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 67846 (Garden City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $31,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 531 contributions totaling $246,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)