The small city of Council Grove, KS (zip code 66846) is an area steeped in history. It was the site of the Council between Native Americans and government officials in 1825, and was a major stop along the Santa Fe Trail. The town has many historical sites that attract visitors from all over the world. Politically, Council Grove falls under the jurisdiction of Morris County and is served by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Jack Rose who was elected for a four-year term in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. The six council members are elected every two years to serve four-year terms, with three members up for reelection each election cycle. All local elections are non-partisan and no political parties are involved, giving citizens the opportunity to make their own decisions on which candidates should be elected. The city's leadership works hard to ensure that services provided to residents remain high quality while preserving its historic roots.
The political climate in Zip 66846 (Council Grove, KS) is very conservative.
Morris County, KS is very conservative. In Morris County, KS 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.1%.
Morris county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66846 (Council Grove, KS) is very conservative.
Council Grove, Kansas is very conservative.
Morris 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.
Council Grove, 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 66846 (Council Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)