Princeton, KS is a small rural town with a population of around 1,000. It is largely governed by local and county politics. Princeton has been a part of Linn County since 1867 and the town's Mayor and City Council are responsible for making decisions that affect the citizens. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss local issues such as infrastructure, land use, public safety, and economic development initiatives. The City Council also works in conjunction with the local school district to ensure that proper funding goes towards education and other educational needs. Local elections take place on every even year where citizens of Princeton can vote for their preferred candidates to serve in various offices such as mayor or city councilman or woman. These elected officials are responsible for creating policies that benefit their constituents while serving out their term in office.
The political climate in Zip 66078 (Princeton, KS) is very 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 66078 (Princeton, KS) is very conservative.
Princeton, Kansas is very 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.
Princeton, 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 66078 (Princeton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $788 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)