Medicine Lodge, Kansas is a small town in Barber County with a population of around 2,000 people. The city has a mayor and five-member council responsible for governing the town. Every two years, the citizens of Medicine Lodge elect a mayor and four members to serve on the city council. Over the years, many dedicated individuals have served on the city council and as mayor to ensure that the town runs efficiently and effectively. Recent initiatives such as expanding public transportation services and increasing accessibility to recreational facilities are just some examples of how local political candidates have worked to improve life in Medicine Lodge. As citizens continue to vote for leaders they trust, they hope to see even more positive changes come into effect over time.
The political climate in Medicine Lodge, 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
Medicine Lodge, 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.
Medicine Lodge, 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 Medicine Lodge, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $6,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)