The city of Overland Park, KS (66204) is located in Johnson County and is a vibrant and diverse community that has a strong sense of civic pride. Politically, the city is dominated by Democratic candidates as the majority of registered voters are affiliated with this party. The Mayor of Overland Park is Carl Gerlach, who is a Democrat. Other locally elected officials include City Council members Heather Hall, Gina Burke, Faris Farassati, Stacey Johnson, and Dan Stockwell, all Democrats as well. Additionally, there are four state representatives from Overland Park in the Kansas House of Representatives: Cindy Holscher (D-District 24), Jarrod Ousley (D-District 25), Tom Cox (R– District 26), and Rui Xu (D–District 27). These representatives work to ensure that policies are made in line with the values and needs of their constituents in the 66204 area.
The political climate in Zip 66204 (Overland Park, KS) is somewhat 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 66204 (Overland Park, KS) is somewhat liberal.
Overland Park, Kansas is somewhat 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.
Overland Park, 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 66204 (Overland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 934 contributions totaling $81,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $12,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)