Harper, KS County is a small rural community in Kansas. It has a long history of political involvement from both local and state level officials. The county is largely centered around agriculture, but is also home to a number of small businesses and industries as well. Local politics are generally focused on issues that directly affect the residents of the county such as economic development, education, public safety, and infrastructure. The county is represented at the state level by two members of the Kansas House of Representatives who work closely with their constituents to ensure that their voices are heard in Topeka. At the local level, there are several elected officials including those on the Harper County Board of Commissioners and various mayors throughout the county. These leaders work together to create laws and ordinances that benefit all citizens in Harper County.
The political climate in Harper County, KS is very conservative.
In Harper County, KS 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.2%.
Harper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harper County, KS is very conservative.
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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.
Harper, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Harper County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $12,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $22,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)