Lake City, KS is a small town located in the heart of Kansas. With a population of just under 500 people, Lake City has a strong sense of community and local pride. The political atmosphere in Lake City is very collegial and friendly. All residents are encouraged to get involved with their local government and to participate in the elections every year. There are several candidates who run for office each election cycle, from city council to mayor. All candidates strive to ensure that Lake City remains an inviting place for its citizens to live and work. They also prioritize maintaining the town’s low tax rate while making sure that all essential services are provided. In short, politics in Lake City, KS focus on promoting economic growth while maintaining a safe and friendly environment for its residents.
The political climate in Lake township, KS is very 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
Lake township, KS is very 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.
Lake 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 Lake township, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $2,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $6,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)