Leawood, KS is a small city located in Johnson County. It has an active local government that works closely with the residents to ensure the community remains safe and prosperous. The city council elections take place every two years and candidates have to be nominated by a vote of the people in order to run for office. Each candidate brings different experience, ideas, and perspectives to the table. The current mayor is Peggy Dunn and the city manager is Dale Harwood. Both of them work hard to represent the best interests of their constituents. There are also multiple commissions, such as the Parks & Recreation Commission, Finance Commission, Planning & Development Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, and Board of Ethics that help ensure Leawood stays up to date with its policies and regulations. In addition to these governing bodies, there are several organizations in Leawood dedicated to promoting civic engagement as well as advocating for citizens’ rights. These organizations actively encourage involvement from all residents, regardless of their political views or beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 66206 (Leawood, KS) is leaning liberal.
Johnson County, KS is somewhat liberal. In Johnson County, KS 52.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county flipped moderately Democratic, 52.7% to 44.5%.
Johnson county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66206 (Leawood, KS) is leaning liberal.
Leawood, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Johnson County, Kansas is somewhat liberal.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning 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.
Leawood, Kansas: R R r R r 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 66206 (Leawood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,038 contributions totaling $718,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 371 contributions totaling $335,300 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $904 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)