The small town of Penokee, KS is located in the northeast corner of Kansas. Despite its size, Penokee is a vibrant community with an active political life. Local politics revolve around the school system, local businesses, and public services such as police and fire departments. Residents are engaged in the decision making process through their elected officials such as the mayor, city commissioners and school board members. There are many issues that affect residents such as taxes, zoning laws, infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives. The town also hosts events to bring people together for discussion on important topics like environmental conservation and civil rights. Through these discussions locals can learn about what’s happening in their community and make their voices heard at local meetings. By participating in local politics Penokee residents make sure that their concerns are considered when decisions are made about their home town.
The political climate in Zip 67659 (Penokee, KS) is very conservative.
Graham County, KS is very conservative. In Graham County, KS 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Graham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 17.1%.
Graham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67659 (Penokee, KS) is very conservative.
Penokee, Kansas is very conservative.
Graham 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.
Penokee, 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 67659 (Penokee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)