Larned, Kansas is a small town located in Pawnee County with a population of approximately 3,500 people. It is an agricultural community that has been the county seat since 1872. As such, it has its own local politics that are important to consider when looking into the area. Local political candidates running for office in 67550 Larned, KS come from both parties and put forth their best efforts to help improve the community. Although there is some political division among residents on certain issues, everyone unites together around common goals that benefit the town. The current mayor of Larned is Bruce Hahn who was elected onto the city commission in 2016 and took office two years later. He is focused on providing solutions for safety, transportation, and infrastructure improvements for the community. Additionally, many other positions including councillors are filled by elected citizens who bring their experience and knowledge to address local problems and create changes that benefit everyone living in Larned.
The political climate in Zip 67550 (Larned, KS) is strongly conservative.
Pawnee County, KS is very conservative. In Pawnee County, KS 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pawnee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.5%.
Pawnee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67550 (Larned, KS) is strongly conservative.
Larned, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Pawnee 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.
Larned, 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 67550 (Larned)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $3,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $6,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)