Garnett, Kansas is a small city located in Anderson County. With a population of 2,636 people, the city has a tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. Although it is a relatively small town, Garnett is still home to active and engaged local politics. The Mayor of Garnett is Brad Taylor who has been serving in office since 2017 and was reelected for another term in 2021. He leads the City Council which is made up of five members including Bob Mitchell, Janet Willson, Dave Hansen, Wilma White and Tim Johnson. This diverse group works hard to ensure that they are representing the interests and well-being of the people of Garnett. Many important civic projects have been completed under their leadership such as improvements to parks and roads as well as new bike paths and walking trails which have enhanced the quality of live for residents. In addition to these projects, they have also worked on economic development initiatives by establishing new businesses in the area. The City Council also works closely with state representatives to make sure that Garnett’s voice is heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 66032 (Garnett, KS) is very conservative.
Anderson County, KS is very conservative. In Anderson County, KS 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anderson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.6%.
Anderson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66032 (Garnett, KS) is very conservative.
Garnett, Kansas is very conservative.
Anderson 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.
Garnett, 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 66032 (Garnett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $16,971 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)