The politics in 67226 Wichita, KS are very dynamic and varied. This area is represented by 4th District Congressman Ron Estes and 1st District Congressman Roger Marshall in the US House of Representatives. On the local level, the City Council consists of six members elected by district to serve four-year terms in office. These representatives include two from each district: District 1 (Northwest), District 2 (Northeast), District 3 (Southwest) and District 4 (Southeast). Each district has its own distinct set of needs, cultures and perspectives which the city council works together to address. The Mayor is a non-partisan office elected at-large for a four-year term where they help guide the city council in policy decisions. There are numerous local organizations that work to get their preferred candidates into office to represent their interests, such as labor unions, minority groups, religious organizations and more. With such a diverse range of interests, Wichita remains an ever-changing political landscape with many different voices coming together to make sure that all residents' concerns are being addressed.
The political climate in Zip 67226 (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 67226 (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 67226 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 959 contributions totaling $108,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 556 contributions totaling $192,068 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)