The city of McFarland, KS (66501) is a small, rural town with a population of about 2,267 people. It is located in the heart of the Flint Hills region and has a strong sense of community pride. The government in McFarland is led by a mayor and five elected council members who are responsible for making local decisions on issues such as taxes, zoning, public safety and infrastructure maintenance. In addition to this local leadership, residents of McFarland also have representatives at both the state and federal levels. At the state level, they are represented by Senator Pat Pettey and Representatives Bill Sutton and Troy Waymaster. At the federal level, they are represented by Congressman Roger Marshall. All these officials work together to ensure that 66501 McFarland continues to be a great place to live and work for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 66501 (McFarland, KS) is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, KS is very conservative. In Wabaunsee County, KS 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabaunsee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 24.7%.
Wabaunsee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66501 (McFarland, KS) is very conservative.
McFarland, Kansas is very conservative.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas is very conservative.
Topeka 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.
McFarland, 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 66501 (McFarland)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)