Politics in Overland Park, KS (66223) are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The 2018 election saw most of the local races go to Republican candidates, including the Governor's race and all four Congressional districts. The Mayor of Overland Park is a Republican, elected in 2020. He is supported by a City Council that is majority Republican. As 66223 is part of Johnson County, many political issues revolve around increasing economic opportunity and transportation infrastructure throughout the region, with an eye towards sustainability and creating job opportunities for residents. At the state level, Republicans tend to support tax cuts and reducing regulations to promote business growth while Democrats focus on expanding social services such as healthcare and education. Overall, there is a great deal of bipartisanship when it comes to resolving important issues within Overland Park; both parties are focused on providing solutions that benefit residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 66223 (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 66223 (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 66223 (Overland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,359 contributions totaling $152,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $215,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $583 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)