Eagle Township in Barber County, Kansas is a small rural community with a population of about 2,000 people. The local politics are run by the board of trustees, who are elected every two years. The board consists of five members elected at large from the township, and it oversees the general operation of the township. They are responsible for setting policies and regulations that protect the interests of the township's inhabitants. Additionally, they are tasked with ensuring that all public services within Eagle Township are provided efficiently and effectively. In recent years there has been an increased focus on developing infrastructure to better serve the needs of residents. This includes expanding broadband access to improve internet connections as well as making improvements to roads and other public works projects. Furthermore, there have been discussions surrounding economic development initiatives to attract more businesses to the area and create more jobs for local citizens.
The political climate in Eagle township (Barber County), KS is strongly conservative.
Barber County, KS is very conservative. In Barber County, KS 12.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barber county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.0% to 12.4%.
Barber county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eagle township (Barber County), KS is strongly conservative.
Barber 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.
Eagle township (Barber County), 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 Eagle township (Barber County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $2,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $6,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)