Rantoul, KS 66079 is a small city in Franklin County, Kansas. It has a population of just over 500 people and is a part of the Ottawa Micropolitan Statistical Area. Politically, Rantoul is mostly conservative in nature and traditionally votes for Republican candidates. The current mayor of Rantoul is Michael J. Deffenbaugh who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of four members: Robert Wilhite, Steven Thomas, Jonathon Jenkins, and Angela Stangland, who were all elected at the same time as Deffenbaugh. They work together to make decisions that will benefit the residents of Rantoul. Issues that they have recently discussed include developing infrastructure such as roads and sewer systems and working on economic development initiatives to bring more jobs to the area. All city council meetings are open to the public where citizens can weigh in on issues concerning their town.
The political climate in Zip 66079 (Rantoul, 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 66079 (Rantoul, KS) is very conservative.
Rantoul, 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.
Rantoul, 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 66079 (Rantoul)
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 22 contributions totaling $4,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)