Hardtner, KS is a small town located in the Kansas countryside. It is known as a quiet and peaceful place to live, but that does not mean its political landscape is without activity. Local politics can be seen in many aspects of the city from funding for schools and community infrastructure, to how taxes are distributed. Elections for local representatives are held every four years and are often highly contested events with passionate debates over issues facing the town. Voting participation among citizens of Hardtner has been steadily increasing as more people recognize the importance of engaging in their local political process. Candidates running for office must meet certain criteria to be eligible such as having lived in the area for at least one year before filing their candidacy papers. Most citizens take part in important political discussions and decisions, making it clear that Hardtner takes its democratic process seriously.
The political climate in Hardtner, 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
Hardtner, 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.
Hardtner, 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 Hardtner, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)