Politics in Sedgwick, KS is a major factor in the town's growth and development. The city of Sedgwick is located within Harvey County and falls under the jurisdiction of the county's governing body. Elections for local political offices are held every two years, giving citizens the opportunity to select representatives who will represent their needs and interests on the county council. The elected officials provide community leadership by making decisions that affect local programs, services, and activities. In addition to voting for representation at the county level, residents are also able to vote during local elections for mayors, school board members, and other municipal office holders. In this way, residents have a direct say in how their city is managed and how services are provided for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 67135 (Sedgwick, KS) is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, KS is moderately conservative. In Harvey County, KS 38.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harvey county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 38.8%.
Harvey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67135 (Sedgwick, KS) is moderately conservative.
Sedgwick, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Harvey County, Kansas is moderately conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Sedgwick, Kansas: R R R R R R
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 67135 (Sedgwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,929 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)