The city of Overland Park, KS 66207 is a vibrant and growing community. It is located in Johnson County and has a population of approximately 192,000 people. While it is not the most populous city in the county, it is an important hub for business, shopping, education, and entertainment. The political scene in Overland Park is largely dominated by the Republican Party. This party holds all three seats on the board of commissioners and two out of five seats on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. Local elections are typically quite competitive with both Republican and Democratic candidates vying for office every two years. With voter turnout consistently high and various initiatives being proposed each election cycle, Overland Park has established itself as an important political center in Kansas.
The political climate in Zip 66207 (Overland Park, 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 66207 (Overland Park, KS) is leaning liberal.
Overland Park, 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.
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 66207 (Overland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,665 contributions totaling $411,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $103,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)