Westwood Hills, KS is an unincorporated community located in the state of Kansas. It is a small town with a population of just over 3,000 residents. As an unincorporated community, Westwood Hills does not have its own local government or political representation. However, the citizens of Westwood Hills are able to participate in the larger politics of the state of Kansas and cast their vote for representatives in the Kansas State Legislature as well as other state offices. The people of Westwood Hills care deeply about their city and strive to ensure that it remains a safe and prosperous place to live. Many of them volunteer their time and energy to various causes including environmental protection and public safety initiatives. Through their actions they hope to continue to make Westwood Hills a great place to call home.
The political climate in Westwood Hills, 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
Westwood Hills, 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.
Westwood Hills, 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 Westwood Hills, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,165 contributions totaling $497,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $145,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)