Troy, Kansas (66087) is a small rural town in Doniphan County with a population of around 1,500 residents. Despite its small size, the politics of Troy have been just as important to its citizens as any other large city. Elections for local offices are held every two years and the town has a Mayor-Council form of government. The mayor is elected by popular vote and the council consists of five members elected from wards throughout the city. Issues that have recently been addressed include increasing economic development opportunities and improving infrastructure, such as roads and bridges. With an eye towards maintaining a high quality of life for all of their citizens, Troy continues to be an active participant in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 66087 (Troy, KS) is very conservative.
Doniphan County, KS is very conservative. In Doniphan County, KS 18.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Doniphan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.5%.
Doniphan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66087 (Troy, KS) is very conservative.
Troy, Kansas is very conservative.
Doniphan County, Kansas is very conservative.
St. Joseph 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.
Troy, 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 66087 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $7,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)