Highland, KS is a small town located in Doniphan County, which is part of the larger Kansas City metropolitan area. While it is a small town with a population of only about 800 residents, the local politics are still important for this community. Elections for key positions such as mayor and city council members are held every two years, giving residents an opportunity to have their voices heard on important decisions that affect their lives. Local political candidates are also actively engaged in campaigning for these positions as well as running voter registration drives and engaging in civic outreach programs to ensure that the process works fairly for all citizens. The local government has put a great emphasis on transparency and accountability to its citizens by engaging them with open discussions about policies and procedures. This ensures that everyone feels included and that all voices can be heard when making critical decisions affecting the future of this community.
The political climate in Zip 66035 (Highland, KS) is very conservative.
Doniphan County, KS is very conservative. In Doniphan County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Doniphan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.5%.
Doniphan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66035 (Highland, KS) is very conservative.
Highland, Kansas is very conservative.
Doniphan County, Kansas is very conservative.
St. Joseph Metro Area is very 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.
Highland, 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 66035 (Highland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)