Overland Park, KS is a city located in Johnson County with an estimated population of 191,278 as of 2019. This city has seen growth over the years and is now home to a variety of businesses, residential neighborhoods, and recreational activities. The political landscape in Overland Park is quite diverse; there are many different local political candidates who are running for office in the 66213 region. These candidates have varying positions on topics such as taxes, healthcare, education, and more, which makes for an interesting election season. Some of the current candidates include Jennifer Ananda (Republican), Tom Cox (Democrat), and Paul Davis (Independent). With each candidate having their own set of policies they plan to implement if elected, it's important for residents to be well informed about their stance on various issues before voting.
The political climate in Zip 66213 (Overland Park, 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 66213 (Overland Park, KS) is leaning liberal.
Overland Park, 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.
Overland Park, 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 66213 (Overland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $177,613 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $106,403 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)