Luray, KS, located in Russell County, is a small rural community with a population of just over 400 people. The city is governed by a five-member City Council and Mayor. The city council meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00pm in the City Hall and are open to the public. Elections for members of the City Council are held every two years, with the last election taking place in 2019. The current Mayor is Mike Kuester, who was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2018. Issues addressed by city officials include infrastructure improvements, business development, and tourism. As a small town, Luray does not have any local political candidates running for office at this time.
The political climate in Zip 67649 (Luray, KS) is very conservative.
Russell County, KS is very conservative. In Russell County, KS 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 17.3%.
Russell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67649 (Luray, KS) is very conservative.
Luray, Kansas is very conservative.
Russell 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.
Luray, 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 67649 (Luray)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 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)