Zip 66212 (Overland Park, KS) Voting


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Overland Park, KS (66212) is a growing city located in northeastern Kansas. With its population of over 179,000, it is the second most populous city in the state and is home to an active and engaged community. The city is served by several different local government entities, including the Overland Park City Council, Johnson County Commission, and Kansas State Legislature. Local political candidates are key players in keeping this diverse group of elected representatives accountable for their decisions. They bring unique perspectives to the table that can reflect the needs of their constituents. The local candidates also play a vital role in shaping policies that affect everyday life in Overland Park such as reducing crime rates, improving public transportation infrastructure, and promoting economic development initiatives.

The political climate in Zip 66212 (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 66212 (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 66212 (Overland Park)

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,117 contributions totaling $359,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 377 contributions totaling $101,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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