Barnard, KS is a small town located in Rush County with a population of around 1,000 residents. The town is served by the Rush County Commission and is primarily represented by Republicans in local government. The current county commission chairman is Mark Sisco, who has held the position since 2017. Other notable political figures in Barnard include Mayor Richard Hill and City Council President Billie Brown who both have long histories of serving the community. Local elections are held every two years and turnout tends to be lower than average compared to other towns in the area. Despite this, the citizens of Barnard take their civic duty seriously and strive to make decisions that will benefit their community for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 67418 (Barnard, KS) is very conservative.
Lincoln County, KS is very conservative. In Lincoln County, KS 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 16.8%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67418 (Barnard, KS) is very conservative.
Barnard, Kansas is very conservative.
Lincoln County, Kansas 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.
Barnard, 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 zip 67418 (Barnard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)