66951 Kensington, KS is a small city with a population of around 1,500 people. Despite its small size, the city is heavily involved in politics and has a vibrant political climate. Every election cycle, local residents come together to cast their votes on important issues and elect representatives to serve in local government positions. These representatives are responsible for making decisions that affect the entire community and shape the future of 66951 Kensington, KS. Each election brings new ideas and initiatives from different candidates who all strive to make the city better. Though much of the political landscape is determined by national or state elections, local politics can have just as much of an impact on 66951 Kensington's citizens.
The political climate in Zip 66951 (Kensington, KS) is very conservative.
Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66951 (Kensington, KS) is very conservative.
Kensington, Kansas is very conservative.
Smith 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.
Kensington, 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 66951 (Kensington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)