The city of Wathena, KS (66090) is a small town with a population of 1,347 people according to the most recent census. It is part of the Doniphan County district and is represented in the Kansas State House by Republican Representative Mike Soder. Additionally, Wathena lies within Kansas's 2nd congressional district which is represented in Washington by Republican Representative Steve Watkins. The town has an elected mayor and council that serve as the local government, making decisions concerning their community. Issues discussed in Wathena are similar to those across the state including tax reform, infrastructure improvement, public safety and education funding. The people of Wathena have been very supportive of their elected officials and continue to engage with them on important matters related to their local government.
The political climate in Zip 66090 (Wathena, 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 66090 (Wathena, KS) is very conservative.
Wathena, 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.
Wathena, 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 66090 (Wathena)
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 5 contributions totaling $960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)