Hesston, KS is a small town located in Harvey County, with a population of 3,297 according to the 2018 census. The local government in Hesston is made up of a mayor and five city council members who are elected by the residents of the city. All local political candidates must be nominated by the citizens of Hesston in order to run for an elected office, and all elections are held on a nonpartisan basis. The current mayor of Hesston is Doug Jackson and the five members of city council are: Jim Amstutz, Rick Bolenbaugh, Kim Fairbanks-Smith, Eric Jones and David Sprunger. Each member serves two-year terms and is responsible for discussing policy initiatives that will benefit the citizens of Hesston while also working together with other governmental bodies in Harvey County.
The political climate in Zip 67062 (Hesston, KS) is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, KS is moderately conservative. In Harvey County, KS 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harvey county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Harvey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67062 (Hesston, KS) is moderately conservative.
Hesston, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hesston, 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 67062 (Hesston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $8,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)