Prairie Village, KS is a small city located in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The city has an active and organized municipal government that is responsible for providing services to its citizens. The city's elected mayor works with a city council that is made up of six members who are elected by the citizens of Prairie Village. The city council works together to make decisions on local matters such as budgeting, infrastructure improvements, zoning, and more. The people of Prairie Village have recently become more politically active and have been engaging in thoughtful dialogues about local issues. In addition to local elections, they also participate in larger political conversations at both the state and national levels. With its strong sense of community and dedication to civic engagement, Prairie Village is an ideal place for those looking to get involved in politics and effect positive change.
The political climate in Prairie Village, 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
Prairie Village, KS 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.
Prairie Village, 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 Prairie Village, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,054 contributions totaling $2,642,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,109 contributions totaling $1,871,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $887 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)