The politics in Scott City, KS 67871 are largely based on the conservative beliefs of its citizens. The local government is organized and managed through the City Commission; where the Mayor and four representatives serve to make decisions on behalf of the community. Citizens can expect their elected officials to focus on policies for economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and education. In addition to influencing local matters, residents of Scott City are also actively involved in state-level politics, engaging in regular debates and discussions about issues that affect their lives. Residents' political opinions are often voiced via voting at both local and state elections. Overall, Scott City upholds a culture of civic engagement by encouraging its citizens to take an active role in affecting change through participating in democracy.
The political climate in Zip 67871 (Scott City, KS) is very conservative.
Scott County, KS is very conservative. In Scott County, KS 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.6% to 12.7%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67871 (Scott City, KS) is very conservative.
Scott City, Kansas is very conservative.
Scott 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.
Scott City, 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 67871 (Scott City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $8,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)