The city of Topeka, KS, 66604 is a diverse and vibrant community with a strong sense of civic pride. The city's political landscape is shaped by the Mayor and seven-member City Council that are all elected for four-year terms. Currently, the Mayor of Topeka is Michelle De La Isla and the members of the City Council are: Sylvia Ortiz, Karen Hiller, Neil Dobler, Mike Lesser, Ryan Denk, Sandra Clear and Spencer Duncan. As a part of their duties, the Mayor and City Council are responsible for enacting policies which seek to ensure quality services such as public safety, economic growth and development, infrastructure improvements, health services and more. They also strive to foster an inclusive environment in which all residents feel connected to their local government through various initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 66604 (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 66604 (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 66604 (Topeka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,849 contributions totaling $121,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $112,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)