Wichita, Kansas, in zip code 67216, is the largest city in the state and is home to approximately 389,938 people. The political landscape of Wichita is largely influenced by its local government, which consists of a mayor and nine city council members. The current mayor of Wichita is Brandon Whipple, who took office in 2019. He has made it his mission to focus on economic growth and redevelopment in the city. Additionally, there are several local candidates running for city council positions this year, including: Sarah Lopez-Herrera, Avis Ransom-Garner, James Clendenin and Michael O'Donnell. These candidates are all focused on improving Wichita's infrastructure and providing better services for its citizens. With the upcoming elections in November of 2020, we can expect interesting decisions to be made that will shape Wichita's future.
The political climate in Zip 67216 (Wichita, 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
Zip 67216 (Wichita, KS) is leaning conservative.
Wichita, Kansas 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.
Wichita, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 67216 (Wichita)
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)