The small town of Paola, KS 66071 is a friendly and tight-knit community that has been steadily growing over the years. It has seen major changes to its local politics in recent years as well. The city council is made up of five members elected by the citizens living in the city limits. City Council works with representatives from state and county governments to provide services for Paola residents, such as public safety, infrastructure, and economic development initiatives. In addition to the City Council, there are also various boards and commissions such as the school board, planning commission, and library board. These groups help make decisions on important matters related to those entities within the town limits. All local elections are held every two years in November so that residents can select their representatives for these positions.
The political climate in Zip 66071 (Paola, KS) is very 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 66071 (Paola, KS) is very conservative.
Paola, Kansas is very 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.
Paola, 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 66071 (Paola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 157 contributions totaling $20,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $22,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)