Mankato, KS is a small town in the North West part of Kansas with a population of 66956. It is known for its strong community spirit and local politics can bring about passionate and interesting discussions. The Town Council is composed of six members who are elected by the citizens of Mankato. These members represent the interests of their constituents and help make decisions on public projects, ordinances, laws and taxes. The current Mayor is Tim McKeehan who was elected in 2018. The other five members include: Bill Fields, Tom Johnson, Kenton Anderson, Debra Cervantes and Hayley Stolzenburg. These representatives work together to make sure that all voices are heard in the decision-making process and that all citizens have a chance to be involved in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 66956 (Mankato, KS) is very conservative.
Jewell County, KS is very conservative. In Jewell County, KS 13.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.0%.
Jewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66956 (Mankato, KS) is very conservative.
Mankato, Kansas is very conservative.
Jewell 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.
Mankato, 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 66956 (Mankato)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $819 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $2,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)