In 67446 Glen Elder, KS, politics is an important part of the community. The City Commission takes the lead in setting policies and making decisions that affect the residents of this small town. This five-member board comprises the Mayor and four commissioners who are elected by local citizens every four years. All major issues and actions taken by the City Commission must be approved by a majority vote of its members. Issues that come before the Commission range from budgetary concerns to zoning regulations to infrastructure improvements. Residents of Glen Elder have the opportunity to voice their opinions on these matters and to elect their local representatives who will ultimately decide on them.
The political climate in Zip 67446 (Glen Elder, KS) is very conservative.
Mitchell County, KS is very conservative. In Mitchell County, KS 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.0%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67446 (Glen Elder, KS) is very conservative.
Glen Elder, Kansas is very conservative.
Mitchell 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.
Glen Elder, 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 67446 (Glen Elder)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)