Waverly, KS is a small town located in Coffey County and is governed by the Coffey County Commission. The commission is made up of three members who are all elected at large from across the county. Currently, the commission members are Tim Riley, Brandon Eads, and Matt Sims. They work together to make decisions that will benefit all citizens of Waverly, KS. The current issues they are tackling include increasing economic development opportunities for residents, improving public safety services, and advocating for better infrastructure such as road repairs and improved water systems. As a small community with limited resources, the local government works diligently to ensure that the needs of their citizens are met while still maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 66871 (Waverly, KS) is very conservative.
Coffey County, KS is very conservative. In Coffey County, KS 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coffey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.1%.
Coffey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66871 (Waverly, KS) is very conservative.
Waverly, Kansas is very conservative.
Coffey 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.
Waverly, 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 66871 (Waverly)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $6,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)