66217 Shawnee, KS is home to a vibrant political atmosphere. The citizens of this community are passionate and engaged in the political process. Local elections often draw large turnouts as citizens debate the issues that are important to them. Shawnee is part of Johnson County which favours Democratic candidates but also has a sizable Republican population. In recent years, the City Council and Board of Education elections have become highly contested races with candidates from both parties vying for office. As more residents become politically active and involved in their local government, it's sure to be an interesting few years for 66217 Shawnee, KS politics.
The political climate in Zip 66217 (Shawnee, 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 66217 (Shawnee, KS) is leaning liberal.
Shawnee, 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.
Shawnee, 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 66217 (Shawnee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $172,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $97,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $557 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)