The small town of Muscotah, KS is a part of the Atchison County and has an estimated population of about 600. The city is governed by a mayor-council government and has several committees that are appointed by the city council. Some of these committees include the Police Committee, Fire Department Committee, Public Works Committee, Parks & Recreation Committee, and Planning & Zoning Commission. Each committee plays a crucial role in making sure that the needs of citizens are met. The most notable political figure in Muscotah is current Mayor Bob Smith who was elected to office in 2014 and has since been reelected for another 4 year term. While there are no local political candidates currently running for office in Muscotah, many residents get involved politically by attending public meetings and voicing their opinions at City Council or committee hearings.
The political climate in Zip 66058 (Muscotah, KS) is very conservative.
Atchison County, KS is very conservative. In Atchison County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 31.7%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66058 (Muscotah, KS) is very conservative.
Muscotah, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison County, Kansas is very conservative.
Atchison Metro Area is very 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.
Muscotah, 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 66058 (Muscotah)
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 18 contributions totaling $12,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $713 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)