Politics in Great Bend Township, KS are of critical importance to the local residents. The township is led by a Board of Supervisors and several elected officials who are tasked with representing the residents and making decisions on their behalf. These elected officials include the County Commissioner, Township Clerk, Treasurer, and Trustees. It is important that voters are informed and engaged in politics at the local level so that their voices can be heard. Great Bend Township offers plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved, through attending meetings or attending workshops hosted by local politicians. Ultimately, it is up to the residents of Great Bend Township to make sure they know who is running for office and what each candidate's views are before casting their vote.
The political climate in Great Bend township, KS is strongly 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 township, KS is strongly 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 township, 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 township, 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)