Gardner, KS is located in Johnson County and is a vibrant community in the Kansas City Metro area. The city of Gardner has been governed by a mayor-council form of government since its incorporation in 1857. Each year citizens of the city vote to elect a Mayor and five Council members to serve four-year terms. The current Mayor, Mark Baldwin, was elected in 2019 and the current Council members are: David Mackey, Kara Harrison, Paul Crowe, Shannon Jones and Casey Dannevik. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month to discuss issues that affect the community such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and zoning changes. In addition to governing their municipality, the City Council also appoints members to various boards and commissions that advise on local matters. The Mayor also serves as an ex officio member of many committees at both state and local levels. Through transparency and collaboration with residents and businesses alike, Gardner's city government strives to ensure an excellent quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Gardner, KS is leaning conservative.
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
Gardner, KS is leaning conservative.
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.
Gardner, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Gardner, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,964 contributions totaling $316,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 902 contributions totaling $281,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)