The city of Topeka, KS 66603 is the capital of Kansas, located in Shawnee County. It is home to a diverse and vibrant political culture with numerous local representatives working to ensure the community’s needs are met. The city council consists of seven members who work together to represent the interests of the residents and make decisions that benefit all citizens. In addition, the mayor is elected by a plurality vote every four years and has authority over many important issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and municipal services. At the state level, Topeka also plays a significant role in determining Kansas policy through its Representatives in Congress and its Senators in Washington D.C.. All citizens in 66603 Topeka have the right to participate in elections at both local and national levels; this ensures that their voices are heard on important matters affecting their lives.
The political climate in Zip 66603 (Topeka, KS) is leaning liberal.
Shawnee County, KS is leaning liberal. In Shawnee County, KS 49.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shawnee county flipped Democratic, 49.9% to 47.0%.
Shawnee county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66603 (Topeka, KS) is leaning liberal.
Topeka, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Shawnee County, Kansas is leaning liberal.
Topeka Metro Area is leaning 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.
Topeka, 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 66603 (Topeka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $7,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)