Lawrence, Kansas is a vibrant city located in Douglas County and is home to over 91,000 people. The politics of Lawrence are characterized by strong local representation with various levels of government providing services to the community. The City Commission, which serves as the governing body for Lawrence, consists of seven commissioners elected from the five wards within the city limits. Voters also have the opportunity to elect representatives to serve in the Kansas House of Representatives and Senate as well as Congress on a federal level. Additionally, local elections are held every two years in November for positions such as Mayor, City Treasurer, City Clerk, and Public Works Director. All registered voters residing within Lawrence can participate in these elections and decide who will represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 66049 (Lawrence, KS) is strongly liberal.
Douglas County, KS is very liberal. In Douglas County, KS 68.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.0% to 28.8%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66049 (Lawrence, KS) is strongly liberal.
Lawrence, Kansas is strongly liberal.
Douglas County, Kansas is very liberal.
Lawrence Metro Area is very 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.
Lawrence, Kansas: d D D D D 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 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 66049 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,060 contributions totaling $355,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 559 contributions totaling $304,537 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)