Herington, Kansas is a small town located in Dickinson County and is known for its rural nature. Despite its size, Herington has an active political atmosphere. The community takes pride in their local government with several important issues being voted on each year. The city is represented by politicians from both major parties. Currently, the mayor of Herington is James Dannenbruch who was elected in 2018. He serves alongside the rest of the city council as they discuss and vote on matters such as budgeting, infrastructure projects, law enforcement needs, and education issues that affect the residents of Herington. In addition to the local representation, voters also get to have their say during state and federal elections as well. It's clear that politics are alive and well in Herington, KS and that citizens take their civic duty seriously when it comes to voting for candidates who will best represent their perspectives and interests.
The political climate in Zip 67449 (Herington, KS) is very conservative.
Dickinson County, KS is very conservative. In Dickinson County, KS 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dickinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.0%.
Dickinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67449 (Herington, KS) is very conservative.
Herington, Kansas is very conservative.
Dickinson 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.
Herington, 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 67449 (Herington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $5,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)