Hackberry, KS is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. It has a tight-knit community that values traditional structures and values. The politics of Hackberry are largely driven by local citizens and organizations. The people of Hackberry value the importance of community involvement in their local government and place high priority on building relationships with their elected officials. Voter-driven initiatives such as ballot initiatives, referendums, and recalls have been seen as an important part of decision-making processes within Hackberry’s political structure. With a strong emphasis on keeping local issues at the forefront, both candidates for office and their supporters focus on local topics such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and healthcare services.At the state level, residents of Hackberry support candidates who share similar values regarding these topics as well as those who will work to strengthen ties between rural communities like their own.
The political climate in Hackberry, KS is very conservative.
Labette County, KS is very conservative. In Labette County, KS 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Labette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.0%.
Labette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hackberry, KS is very conservative.
Labette County, Kansas is very conservative.
Parsons Metro Area 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.
Hackberry, 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 Hackberry, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $4,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)