The small city of Utica, KS (population 67584) is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is the chief executive officer and is elected to a four-year term. A seven-member city council serves as the legislative body for the city, with members elected to four-year terms. These local political representatives are responsible for establishing policy, setting taxes and managing budgetary regulations in the town. Members of the community participate in elections by either casting their vote or running for office themselves. This ensures that elected officials reflect the interests of all citizens in Utica and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 67584 (Utica, KS) is very conservative.
Ness County, KS is very conservative. In Ness County, KS 9.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ness county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.5% to 9.8%.
Ness county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67584 (Utica, KS) is very conservative.
Utica, Kansas is very conservative.
Ness 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.
Utica, 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 67584 (Utica)
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 52 contributions totaling $8,871 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)