Sabetha, Kansas is a small town with a population of about 2,500 people. It is located in Nemaha County in the northeast part of the state. The town is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. Elections for local offices take place every two years and there have been several candidates in recent years who have sought office. The community is known for having strong civic pride and the residents take an active role in shaping their local government. Many issues that affect the Sabetha area are discussed at public forums and meetings before being voted on by the city council. The citizens of this town support their local government by staying informed and taking part in elections and other civic activities.
The political climate in Sabetha, KS is strongly conservative.
Nemaha County, KS is very conservative. In Nemaha County, KS 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nemaha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.1% to 16.3%.
Nemaha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sabetha, KS is strongly conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Sabetha, 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 Sabetha, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $10,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $164,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $797 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)