Politics in 67070 Kiowa, KS is an important part of the town's culture and history. Every election cycle, residents come together to discuss the issues important to them and debate who will represent them in local government. It is a time for local citizens to make their voices heard. Although residents do not get involved in national politics, they are passionate about what happens in their community and turn out for every election. This year's candidates for mayor are incumbent Bob Johnson and challenger Joe Smith. Both men have extensive experience in the community and understand the needs of Kiowa's residents. They both have different visions for the future of the city and offer unique perspectives on how to best represent its population. As we move closer to the election date, citizens can expect more debates between these two candidates as well as a great amount of grassroots campaigning from both sides.
The political climate in Zip 67070 (Kiowa, KS) is very 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
Zip 67070 (Kiowa, KS) is very conservative.
Kiowa, Kansas is very conservative.
Barber 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.
Kiowa, 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 67070 (Kiowa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)