Located in the capital of Kansas, Topeka is a city full of political vigor. The city is represented by seven representatives in the US House of Representatives and two senators in the US Senate. On the local level, city councilors hold primary responsibility for managing day-to-day services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance and development, and parks and recreation. Residents of 66614 can also find their representatives on the state level with their elected Kansas State Representative and State Senator. Each year there are elections held to determine who will serve in various positions of government. Being involved in politics on every level is key to ensuring that citizens' rights are protected and that all voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 66614 (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 66614 (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 66614 (Topeka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,700 contributions totaling $85,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $183,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)