Hanover, KS 66945 is situated in Pottawatomie County and is a small community with active local politics. Although the exact population of Hanover is unknown, the city is managed by a five-member City Council, an appointed Mayor, and a City Administrator. The current City Council members are Tom Wilcox, Mike Ambrose, Doug Sides, Bruce Ummel and Ray Smith. Recently it has been proposed to build a new recreational facility in the city as part of the latest initiative to attract more visitors and businesses to Hanover. Local residents have had their say in meetings with their elected officials about the project, providing valuable feedback that will help shape the future of Hanover's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 66945 (Hanover, KS) is very conservative.
Washington County, KS is very conservative. In Washington County, KS 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 16.5%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66945 (Hanover, KS) is very conservative.
Hanover, Kansas is very conservative.
Washington 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.
Hanover, 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 66945 (Hanover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $157 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)