Oaklawn-Sunview, KS is a small town surrounded by rolling hills and open plains. It is governed by a five-member Mayor/Council system, with the Mayor elected at-large and four Council members that are each elected to represent one of the four wards. The city has a strong spirit of community involvement and encourages all citizens to be involved in local politics. There are various committees, including the Budget & Finance Committee, Planning Commission, Parks & Recreation Board, and Community Development Board that citizens can serve on or attend meetings to voice their opinions. Oaklawn-Sunview also holds regular elections for City Council members and Mayor in order to allow the citizens an opportunity to engage with their political representatives. Allowing for citizen participation ensures that the interests of the people are taken into account when making decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Oaklawn-Sunview, KS is leaning 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
Oaklawn-Sunview, KS is leaning 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.
Oaklawn-Sunview, 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 Oaklawn-Sunview, KS
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $8,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $6,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)