Smith Center, KS is a small town located in the north-central region of Kansas. It is home to just over 2,000 people and offers a quiet, rural atmosphere for its residents. The political scene in Smith Center is largely conservative, with the majority of residents voting Republican in recent local elections. The town's mayor is currently Rod Fonner, who has been in office since 2012. He is supported by a City Council composed of four members who are all active in promoting and protecting the interests of the city and its constituents. The local Republicans have maintained control of the city since 1982 and continue to work on improving the local infrastructure while keeping taxes low for the citizens. In addition to Mayor Fonner, there are a few other city officials who serve various roles such as City Manager, City Clerk and Treasurer. All of these officials work together with the mayor and council to preserve Smith Center's traditional values while also looking for ways to make it an even better place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 66967 (Smith Center, KS) is very conservative.
Smith County, KS is very conservative. In Smith County, KS 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Smith county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 15.8%.
Smith county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66967 (Smith Center, KS) is very conservative.
Smith Center, Kansas is very conservative.
Smith 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.
Smith Center, 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 66967 (Smith Center)
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 37 contributions totaling $4,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)