Olathe, Kansas has a rich history in politics and civic engagement. The city is represented in the Kansas House of Representatives by Republican Barbara W. Ballard and in the Kansas Senate by Republican Molly Baumgardner. At the federal level, Olathe is represented by Democratic Representative Sharice Davids in the United States House of Representatives. The local government of Olathe consists of a Mayor, Bob Dixson, five City Council Members, and an appointed City Manager who serves as chief executive officer for the city. Olathe citizens also have access to their state representatives on issues concerning public health, education, transportation infrastructure, public safety and much more. The city is actively involved in initiatives to promote economic development and public policy that benefits its citizens and contributes to the overall success of the community's goals.
The political climate in Zip 66061 (Olathe, KS) is leaning liberal.
Johnson County, KS is somewhat liberal. In Johnson County, KS 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 44.5%.
Johnson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66061 (Olathe, KS) is leaning liberal.
Olathe, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Johnson County, Kansas is somewhat liberal.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Olathe, Kansas: R R r R r d
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 66061 (Olathe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,633 contributions totaling $284,023 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 779 contributions totaling $237,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)