Derby, KS is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with a population of about 24,000 people. It is governed by a mayor-council government system, composed of the mayor as well as six council members who are elected to four year terms. The mayor and members of the council are responsible for representing the citizens of Derby and creating policies that will benefit the city. In addition to municipal governance, residents of Derby have access to state representatives and federal senators who represent them at all levels of government. As such, Derby's political landscape is a mix of local and higher level politics that work together to ensure the best interests of the citizens are taken care of.
The political climate in Derby, 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
Derby, 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.
Derby, 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 Derby, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,319 contributions totaling $202,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,101 contributions totaling $132,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)