Leonardville, KS is a small town in northern Kansas with a population of approximately 500 people. It is a rural community that values its sense of community. Politically, the town leans conservative and strongly supports local candidates who share their values. Recent elections have seen an increased awareness around issues such as economic development, job creation, and education reform. Local businesses are encouraged to invest in the community and support the economy. Leonardville is proud of its political heritage, which includes supporting strong local leadership and upholding constitutional rights for all citizens. There are no specific political candidates currently running in Leonardville, but residents are encouraged to get involved and make their voices heard by participating in voting or campaigning for local candidates they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 66449 (Leonardville, KS) is leaning conservative.
Riley County, KS is leaning liberal. In Riley County, KS 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Riley county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.1%.
Riley county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66449 (Leonardville, KS) is leaning conservative.
Leonardville, Kansas is leaning conservative.
Riley County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Manhattan Metro Area is leaning 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.
Leonardville, Kansas: R R r R r d
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 66449 (Leonardville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)