Stockton, KS is a small rural town located in Rooks County, Kansas. It has a population of only 821 people according to the most recent census. While the town is too small to have its own mayor or city council, it is part of the larger Rooks County political system. The county seat is located in nearby Plainville, and the current county commissioner is Danny Bixby. He was preceded by longtime commissioner Jack Durham who held his office for eighteen years until his retirement in 2020. The two-seat county commission consists of a chairman and vice-chairman that are elected every four years by the citizens of Stockton and all of Rooks County. The other local offices such as sheriff, district attorney, and clerk are filled through appointment with approval from the state legislature. Although Stockton may be small, its citizens take pride in their ability to elect officials who will represent their interests on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 67669 (Stockton, KS) is very conservative.
Rooks County, KS is very conservative. In Rooks County, KS 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rooks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Rooks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67669 (Stockton, KS) is very conservative.
Stockton, Kansas is very conservative.
Rooks County, Kansas is very conservative.
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Kansas is somewhat conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Stockton, 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 67669 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,443 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)