The politics in 67071 Lake City, KS are mainly governed by the City Council. This council is responsible for making decisions and creating legislation that will serve the citizens of Lake City. The council consists of five members that are elected to serve four-year terms. Currently, Mayor Robert Walters and Council Members David Atkins, Jeff Johnson, Bob Miller, and Brad Williams are the members serving on the council. All decisions made by the council are discussed openly with the public to ensure transparency and fairness. Open town hall meetings give citizens an opportunity to engage in conversation about proposed legislation, as well as voice their opinions on issues facing the city. In addition to City Council meetings, there are a variety of other events held throughout the year where local political candidates can reach out to citizens and promote their platforms for election.
The political climate in Zip 67071 (Lake City, 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 67071 (Lake City, KS) is very conservative.
Lake City, 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.
Lake City, 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 67071 (Lake City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)