In 67544 Hoisington, KS, politics is an important part of the local community. Residents take part in a variety of different ways, from voting in local elections to attending city council meetings or engaging with their elected representatives. Local politics are focused around the interests of Hoisington's citizens and often involve issues related to economic stability, public safety and education. Every two years, voters in the area have the opportunity to elect their mayor and city council members who will work on behalf of the citizens. Six candidates ran for City Council in 2018 during the primary election and six candidates ran for mayor during the general election that same year. While voter turnout can vary from election to election, it is clear that Hoisington residents value their right to choose their leaders and are engaged with local politics.
The political climate in Zip 67544 (Hoisington, KS) is very conservative.
Barton County, KS is very conservative. In Barton County, KS 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.0%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67544 (Hoisington, KS) is very conservative.
Hoisington, Kansas is very conservative.
Barton County, Kansas is very conservative.
Great Bend 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.
Hoisington, 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 67544 (Hoisington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $6,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $6,835 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)