The city of Wichita, KS, located in the zip code 67209, is a vibrant and culturally diverse community. Political activity within the city is governed by a mayor-council system of government, and the current mayor of Wichita is Brandon Whipple. The City Council consists of nine members, each representing one of Wichita’s nine districts. Members are elected to four year terms and serve as legislative decision makers for the city. Recent issues that have been addressed include transportation infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and public safety measures. Additionally, there are numerous state and federal representatives that serve the residents of Wichita. The state legislature representatives for District 86 are both Republican while the U.S Representative for Kansas’ 4th congressional district is Democrat Sharice Davids. There has been much discussion among local citizens regarding important political issues such as education reform, gun control laws, healthcare reform and taxes. Political activity from all sides plays an important role in shaping the future of Wichita’s 67209 zip code and its residents.
The political climate in Zip 67209 (Wichita, KS) is somewhat conservative.
Sedgwick County, KS is somewhat conservative. In Sedgwick County, KS 42.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sedgwick county remained strongly Republican, 54.4% to 42.6%.
Sedgwick county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 67209 (Wichita, KS) is somewhat conservative.
Wichita, Kansas is somewhat conservative.
Sedgwick County, Kansas is somewhat 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.
Wichita, 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 67209 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 292 contributions totaling $18,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $27,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)