Nickerson, KS is a small town located in Reno County with a population of approximately 1,171. The town is served by the Nickerson-South Hutchinson USD 309 school district and is home to many local businesses. Politically, Nickerson is part of Kansas’s 4th Congressional District and is represented at the federal level by Ron Estes. At the state level, Senator Ed Berger serves as the senator for the 32nd district while Randy Garber and Steven Becker are the representatives for the 106th and 107th districts respectively. In terms of local government, Nickerson has an elected mayor and five city council members who oversee policy decisions on behalf of the community. The citizens in 67561 have many opportunities to make their voices heard through various forums such as town hall meetings or via written letters to their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 67561 (Nickerson, KS) is very conservative.
Reno County, KS is very conservative. In Reno County, KS 31.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Reno county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.7%.
Reno county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67561 (Nickerson, KS) is very conservative.
Nickerson, Kansas is very conservative.
Reno County, Kansas is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Nickerson, 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 67561 (Nickerson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)