66042 Lane, KS is a small community with a strong sense of local politics. The citizens are very involved in issues that affect their communities and take part in local elections to ensure that the right leaders are elected into office. There are a number of local political groups that are active within 66042 Lane, KS and they work hard to ensure that the voices of the citizens are heard at all levels of government. Each election season sees an influx of candidates who are vying for different offices across the city and county, each hoping to make their mark on their community. Citizens have an important role to play in these elections, as they can help shape the outcome by voting and advocating for their preferred candidate. Through this process, 66042 Lane, KS remains a vibrant and engaged political environment that strives to meet the changing needs of its constituents.
The political climate in Zip 66042 (Lane, KS) is very conservative.
Franklin County, KS is very conservative. In Franklin County, KS 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66042 (Lane, KS) is very conservative.
Lane, Kansas is very conservative.
Franklin County, Kansas is very conservative.
Ottawa 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.
Lane, 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 66042 (Lane)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $2,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)