Lakin Township (Barton County), KS is a rural community that has traditionally been politically conservative. The township is served by two voting precincts and has consistently elected Republican candidates to local, state, and federal offices. At the local level, the township is governed by a board of trustees who are responsible for enacting zoning laws and regulations that affect residents’ daily lives. While it is not possible to list all of the political candidates in Lakin Township (Barton County), KS due to population limitations, the current mayor of Lakin Township is Walter Oettinger. He was elected in 2019 and serves alongside six other trustees on the township's governing board. In addition, Lakin Township sends representatives to both the Kansas House of Representatives and State Senate every election cycle. The citizens of this township have consistently supported socially conservative policies while also promoting fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Lakin township (Barton County), 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
Lakin township (Barton County), 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.
Lakin township (Barton 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 Lakin township (Barton County), KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $25,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 526 contributions totaling $255,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $486 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)