Located in Jackson County, Kansas, 66516 Netawaka is a small rural community with approximately 330 residents. Although there is no local government in the community, it lies within the jurisdiction of Jackson County which elects officials to serve on its governing body. The current county commissioners are Roger Meeks Jr., O.J. Heinrichs and Karl Brookens. Other elected positions for county residents include Sheriff Tim Morse and District Attorney Shawna Miller. At the state level, residents of 66516 Netawaka are represented by Senator Rick Wilborn (R), Representative Blaine Finch (R) and Representative Tom Phillips (R). As a whole,the community of 66516 Netawaka has a strong conservative viewpoint when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 66516 (Netawaka, KS) is very conservative.
Jackson County, KS is very conservative. In Jackson County, KS 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 28.6%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66516 (Netawaka, KS) is very conservative.
Netawaka, Kansas is very conservative.
Jackson 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.
Netawaka, 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 66516 (Netawaka)
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 3 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)