The city of Topeka, KS (66606) is located in Shawnee County and is the capital of Kansas. It has a rich political history, being the site of the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. In recent years, it has become an important center for local government, with representatives at the federal, state, and county levels. The current mayor is Michelle De La Isla, who was first elected in 2019. At the state level, Senator Anthony Hensley and Representatives John Alcala and Virgil Weigel serve as representatives for 66606 Topeka residents. Additionally, Joe Ewert serves on the Shawnee County Commission to represent 66606 constituents. These representatives take care to ensure that all voices are heard when policy decisions are made that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 66606 (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 66606 (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 66606 (Topeka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,170 contributions totaling $84,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $118,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $552 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)