Kechi, Kansas is a small rural town with a population of just over 3,000 residents. Despite its size, the politics of Kechi are an important part of the town's identity and history. The city’s political landscape consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by citizens during the town’s biennial elections. All local political decisions are made at City Hall, which also serves as a meeting place for citizens to express their views on various issues. Residents have been known to come together to discuss topics like education reform and infrastructure development in order to keep up with the changing times. In recent years, there has been a trend towards increased voter turnout as more people become engaged in their local politics. Kechi is proud of its strong sense of community and commitment to civic engagement, making it an ideal place for anyone interested in learning more about local politics.
The political climate in Kechi, KS is somewhat conservative.
Sedgwick County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Sedgwick County, KS 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sedgwick county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 42.6%.
Sedgwick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kechi, KS is somewhat conservative.
Sedgwick County, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Kechi, 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 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 Kechi, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 761 contributions totaling $48,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $65,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)