Ottawa, KS is a small city located in Franklin County. It has a population of 12,000 and is the county seat for Franklin County. The political environment in Ottawa is largely conservative, with the majority of voters leaning towards Republican candidates. Local elections are held every four years for mayor, city council, school board and other positions. Recent elections have seen a few minor changes in local politics, with several new candidates running for office in 2020. These candidates have widely varying views on important topics such as taxes and economic development. It remains to be seen how these differences will affect the future of Ottawa's politics and the decisions that are made by its elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 66067 (Ottawa, KS) is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, KS is very conservative. In Franklin County, KS 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66067 (Ottawa, KS) is strongly conservative.
Ottawa, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Kansas is very conservative.
Ottawa 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.
Ottawa, 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 66067 (Ottawa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 963 contributions totaling $20,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $28,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)