Barton, KS County is a thriving area with a strong sense of community. The county is led by an elected board of commissioners who are responsible for setting the vision and direction of the county. They make decisions on taxes, budgets, services, infrastructure and other major issues that affect all the citizens. These officials are voted in to serve four-year terms and there has been a great deal of turnover in recent years as new leaders have come into office with fresh ideas and perspectives. There is also an active political scene with several local candidates running for office in any given year. Barton County residents have the opportunity to cast their votes for leaders they believe will best represent their interests while making decisions for the betterment of their county.
The political climate in 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
Barton County, KS 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.
Barton, 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 Barton County, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $31,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 624 contributions totaling $271,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)