Olathe, KS is a growing city located in Johnson County with a population of over 135,000 people. The city is divided between the 1st and 3rd congressional districts, each of which are represented by Democrat Sharice Davids and Republican Kevin Yoder respectively in the United States House of Representatives. The city is also divided into two state senate districts and five state representative districts. In terms of local politics, Olathe has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor being elected by a general election every four years. The mayor is responsible for setting the vision for the city in addition to appointing committees and appointing staff members who handle various functions in the city such as planning or finance. The City Council consists of seven members elected from six wards plus one at large member elected by all voters in the city. Together they work to pass legislation that affects policies ranging from public safety to economic development to parks and recreation.
The political climate in Zip 66062 (Olathe, 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 66062 (Olathe, KS) is leaning liberal.
Olathe, 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.
Olathe, 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 66062 (Olathe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,555 contributions totaling $78,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 546 contributions totaling $172,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)