The small city of Oberlin, KS (Zip code 67749) is located in the northwest corner of Kansas. At just 1.2 square miles, it is a rural, friendly community with a population estimated to be around 1,400 people. The city is served by an elected mayor and five-member City Council. Mayor Ben Miller currently holds the office, while the council members are Tracey Heidrick, Stan Klima, MacLeod Ruthven, Bill Babbitt and Bob Koehn. Together they provide oversight for the city's departments and make decisions that protect the interests of the citizens of Oberlin. In addition to their duties on City Council, each member contributes to numerous local organizations and boards throughout the region. The residents of Oberlin have an important role in shaping their community through participation in local elections and voicing their opinions on matters that affect them directly. It is through these avenues that residents can work together to create a brighter future for all who live within 67749 zip code area.
The political climate in Zip 67749 (Oberlin, KS) is very conservative.
Decatur County, KS is very conservative. In Decatur County, KS 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Decatur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.6%.
Decatur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67749 (Oberlin, KS) is very conservative.
Oberlin, Kansas is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Oberlin, 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 67749 (Oberlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $15,019 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $751 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)