Politics in 66408 Bern, KS are largely influenced by the local government and local politicians. The governing body of the city is the Bern City Council which consists of five members that are elected to two-year terms on a rotating basis from three wards. The current mayor is Joan Jaskowski, who has been serving since 2016. Additionally, 66408 Bern, KS elects representatives to the State and Federal governments. In the most recent elections, Mark Ruediger was elected as the State Representative for District 83 while Roger Marshall serves as Kansas’ U.S. Congressman in Washington D.C. Local residents have a strong sense of civic duty and engage regularly in political discourse both through their representatives and through participating in local events such as town meetings or debates hosted by various organizations like the League of Women Voters.
The political climate in Zip 66408 (Bern, KS) is very 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
Zip 66408 (Bern, KS) is very conservative.
Bern, Kansas is very conservative.
Nemaha 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.
Bern, 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 66408 (Bern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,389 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)