The city of Wakefield, KS (zip code 67487) is a small rural community located in Clay County. Wakefield operates under the Mayor-Council form of government, with the current mayor being Bob Williams. The city council consists of five members, all of whom are elected by the people at large for four year terms. The council members are responsible for creating and enforcing local ordinances, levying taxes, and allocating funds to support the needs of citizens. Additionally, Wakefield residents elect representatives to serve on the Clay County Commissioners board. This board has authority over a number of county-wide functions such as public safety and health care services. In addition to these officials, Wakefield citizens can vote in state-wide elections such as those for governor and other legislative offices. Ultimately, Wakefield's political landscape is heavily influenced by local citizens who cast their ballots in favor of candidates that they believe will best represent their interests in government.
The political climate in Zip 67487 (Wakefield, KS) is very conservative.
Clay County, KS is very conservative. In Clay County, KS 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 21.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67487 (Wakefield, KS) is very conservative.
Wakefield, Kansas is very conservative.
Clay 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.
Wakefield, 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 67487 (Wakefield)
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 23 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)