Overland Park, KS (66210) is a thriving city located in Johnson County. It is home to many businesses and government organizations, providing residents with a variety of local resources. The city has an active political scene, with both local and national politicians regularly visiting the area. Local city council members are elected every two years from within the community and they work together to ensure that all citizens are given the opportunity to have their voices heard. On the federal level, Overland Park is represented by several members of Congress as well as senators from both Kansas and Missouri. Residents of Overland Park can take part in politics through engaging in political discourse, attending town hall meetings and voting in elections both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 66210 (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 66210 (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 66210 (Overland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,268 contributions totaling $126,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 390 contributions totaling $194,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)