The city of Leoti, KS (67861) is a small rural community in western Kansas. Despite its small size and population, there is a strong political presence in the town. Elections are held regularly for local positions such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. The most recent election was held in 2019 for mayor and three city council positions. All of these were competitive races between several highly qualified candidates who competed for the respective roles. There are numerous different organizations and clubs in town that work to promote political participation and voter education among the residents of Leoti. Additionally, many citizens take part in local government meetings to voice their opinions on issues that affect the town and to stay informed about what’s happening in their community. Ultimately, while Leoti may be a small town, there is still an active political presence within it that helps to ensure that its citizens have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 67861 (Leoti, KS) is very conservative.
Wichita County, KS is very conservative. In Wichita County, KS 15.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wichita county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 15.4%.
Wichita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67861 (Leoti, KS) is very conservative.
Leoti, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita 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.
Leoti, 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 67861 (Leoti)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)