The city of Osawatomie, KS is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Jeffery Coen, who was elected in 2020 with a three-year term. He is joined by the city council, consisting of 5 members elected at-large. They are responsible for setting policy and approving the budget for the city. The community prides itself on its strong sense of civic engagement, and residents often take part in various initiatives to improve their quality of life. Recently, city officials have worked to improve infrastructure and attract new business and industry to town. There has also been an effort to increase recreational opportunities such as walking trails, bike paths, and public parks in order to make Osawatomie a more desirable place to live. With these improvements in mind, the citizens of Osawatomie are sure to remain heavily involved in their local politics as they work together to build a better future for their community.
The political climate in Zip 66064 (Osawatomie, KS) is strongly conservative.
Miami County, KS is very conservative. In Miami County, KS 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.2%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66064 (Osawatomie, KS) is strongly conservative.
Osawatomie, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Miami County, Kansas is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Osawatomie, 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 66064 (Osawatomie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $3,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)