Dwight, KS is a small town in Morris County located in the northeast region of Kansas. It has a population of about 400 people and is mainly a farming community. The governing body for Dwight, KS consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Mike Roop and the current city council members are Bill Pryor, Kolby Dimmitt, Ken Smith, and Donny Miller. They all work together to make decisions that benefit the people living in Dwight. All elections are held by Morris County which maintains the state laws and regulations for voting. The citizens of Dwight take pride in their local politics as they strive to keep their government accountable to maintain the safety and growth of their community.
The political climate in Zip 66849 (Dwight, KS) is very conservative.
Morris County, KS is very conservative. In Morris County, KS 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morris county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.1%.
Morris county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66849 (Dwight, KS) is very conservative.
Dwight, Kansas is very conservative.
Morris 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.
Dwight, 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 66849 (Dwight)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)