Iola, KS, located in Allen County, is a small community of around 5,000 people. The city plays an important role in the local politics of Allen County and surrounding areas. In the most recent election cycle for 66749 Iola, KS there was a focus on environmental issues, public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development. The candidates for the local political positions included Mayor Kelli Mudd, City Council Member Josh McCrea and City Clerk Sharon Johnson. Each candidate ran on platforms that supported their community in different ways by focusing on investing resources into their respective areas of expertise. Mayor Mudd promised to direct resources toward supporting the local environment and public safety initiatives. Councilman McCrea advocated for improved infrastructure such as better roads and increased access to clean water sources. Finally City Clerk Johnson pledged to help establish policies that would boost the economy of 66749 Iola, KS through educational programs and job training initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 66749 (Iola, KS) is strongly conservative.
Allen County, KS is very conservative. In Allen County, KS 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.6%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66749 (Iola, KS) is strongly conservative.
Iola, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Allen 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.
Iola, 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 66749 (Iola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $8,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $27,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)