Wellington, KS is a small town in Sumner County with a population of approximately 6,700 people. The local political landscape is centered around the city's mayor and three-member city commission. There are no current candidates running for office this year in Wellington. However, citizens of Wellington have many opportunities to engage with their local government through town hall meetings and other public forums. Residents of Wellington regularly discuss issues such as crime prevention, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and more. In addition to the traditional avenues of engagement, residents can also use social media to voice their opinions on the issues that impact them in their community. Overall, politics in 67152 Wellington, KS are primarily focused on ensuring the prosperity and well-being of its citizens in this small but vibrant town.
The political climate in Zip 67152 (Wellington, KS) is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, KS is very conservative. In Sumner County, KS 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Sumner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67152 (Wellington, KS) is strongly conservative.
Wellington, Kansas is strongly conservative.
Sumner County, Kansas is very conservative.
Wichita Metro Area is moderately 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.
Wellington, Kansas: R R R R R R
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 67152 (Wellington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $3,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $34,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)