Goessel, Kansas is a small rural city located in Marion County. The town has a long history of involvement in the political process, and many citizens take an active role in advocating for their interests. Goessel residents are represented by elected officials at the county, state, and national levels who work to ensure that their voices are heard and their concerns addressed. At the county level, Goessel residents elect a representative to sit on the Marion County Commission to keep them informed of local issues affecting the community. On the state level, Goessel is part of Kansas鈥檚 3rd Congressional District and is represented by U.S Congressman Sharice Davids from Olathe. At the national level, Goessel voters are part of Kansas's 4th United States House District and are represented by U.S Representative Ron Estes from Wichita. Goessel also has representatives on the local school board as well as other local government positions who serve with dedicated commitment to their community.
The political climate in Goessel, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion County, KS is very conservative. In Marion County, KS 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 24.8%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goessel, KS is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Kansas 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.
Goessel, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Goessel, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 590 contributions totaling $44,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 218 contributions totaling $43,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)