67869 Plains, KS is a small and relatively rural town with a population of about 2,400 people. It has a strong sense of community pride that is reflected in the way it interacts politically. The local government works hard to ensure that all the residents are represented fairly, and their voices heard. All major political decisions are made by a team of elected officials who hold office for four-year terms. This includes the mayor, city council members, and other executive positions such as police chief and fire chief. Residents can also get involved at the local level through voting in elections and attending public hearings. The town hosts regular political events where politicians from both parties come together to discuss issues relevant to 67869 Plains, KS. These events help ensure that citizens have access to information about current political issues as well as opportunities to voice their opinions on them.
The political climate in Zip 67869 (Plains, KS) is very conservative.
Meade County, KS is very conservative. In Meade County, KS 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.5% to 14.4%.
Meade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67869 (Plains, KS) is very conservative.
Plains, Kansas is very conservative.
Meade 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.
Plains, 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 67869 (Plains)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $4,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $16,642 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)