Ogallah, KS is a small rural town located in northwest Kansas. Despite its small size, Ogallah has an active and vibrant political culture that is heavily involved in local, state and national politics. The local government of Ogallah consists of the Mayor, five City Council members, and other elected officials such as the City Clerk and Treasurer. All of these positions are elected by a majority vote of qualified citizens who live in the city. The city councilmembers have the responsibility to make important decisions on issues like zoning, taxation, infrastructure improvement and public safety; they also approve or reject proposals for local campaigns. On the state level, citizens of Ogallah can participate in electing their representatives to serve in both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate. It is also possible for residents to get involved in national politics by voting for their desired candidates during presidential elections.
The political climate in Ogallah township, KS is strongly conservative.
Trego County, KS is very conservative. In Trego County, KS 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trego county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.6% to 14.8%.
Trego county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ogallah township, KS is strongly conservative.
Trego 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.
Ogallah township, 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 Ogallah township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $55 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $13,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)