Great Bend is a city located in central Kansas, and like many cities situated across the United States, it has had its fair share of political issues. The city has seen a variety of candidates for local office, ranging from Republicans to Democrats. These candidates all bring their own ideas and perspectives on how the town should be managed, so it makes for an interesting election season. Issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, taxes, and economic development are all on the table during any given election cycle. Great Bend has seen several successful elected officials who have worked diligently to improve the quality of life in their community. With every election comes new ideas that can help move the city forward and create a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Great Bend, KS is moderately conservative.
Barton County, KS is very conservative. In Barton County, KS 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.0%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Great Bend, KS is moderately conservative.
Barton County, Kansas is very conservative.
Great Bend 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.
Great Bend, 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 Great Bend, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 218 contributions totaling $24,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $244,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $501 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)