The small town of Scandia, KS with the zip code 66966, is a tight knit community with many residents who have lived in the same place for their entire lives. Despite its size, politics still play an important role in this town. Every election year, local political candidates strive to bring their ideas and platforms to the public, aiming to make meaningful changes within the city limits. Many residents take part in these elections through casting their votes and staying informed about the candidates running for office. The city has seen many successful campaigns driven by passionate individuals running for mayor or other positions. Through participation from the citizens and dedication from elected officials, Scandia, KS has been able to remain a prosperous little town that celebrates both unity and progress through political discourse.
The political climate in Zip 66966 (Scandia, KS) is very conservative.
Republic County, KS is very conservative. In Republic County, KS 16.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Republic county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.0%.
Republic county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66966 (Scandia, KS) is very conservative.
Scandia, Kansas is very conservative.
Republic 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.
Scandia, 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 66966 (Scandia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $10,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)