Williamsburg, KS is located in Franklin County and has a population of 637 people. The city is governed by a Mayor-council system with a mayor and five council members. Currently, the mayor of Williamsburg is Douglas Satterlee and the five council members are Brian Douthitt, Jeremy Heintz, Cassidy Hillmer, Jason Klicka and Jaclyn Schomaker. The city recently passed an ordinance that will allow for new economic development in the area. This new development will help to create more job opportunities for local residents as well as attract visitors to the area. Local political candidates have been actively campaigning for positions on the city council and mayor's office during recent elections. With involvement from citizens and business owners alike, Williamsburg is sure to benefit from this new era of growth and prosperity in the near future.
The political climate in Zip 66095 (Williamsburg, KS) is very conservative.
Franklin County, KS is very conservative. In Franklin County, KS 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.6%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66095 (Williamsburg, KS) is very conservative.
Williamsburg, Kansas is very conservative.
Franklin County, Kansas is very conservative.
Ottawa 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.
Williamsburg, 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 66095 (Williamsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $94 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)