Wichita, KS is a city located in the state of Kansas with a zip code of 67212. It is the largest city in the state and serves as the county seat of Sedgwick County. Politically, Wichita is known for its moderate-to-conservative values, reflected in elections that are won by both major political parties. While voter turnout is usually higher than usual during presidential election years, local races often receive more attention due to their direct impact on day-to-day life in Wichita. The most recent mayoral election was won by Brandon Whipple, who ran on a progressive platform highlighting economic development and social justice initiatives. He was followed by incumbent City Councilman Jeff Blubaugh who has focused his efforts on revitalizing Wichita's downtown area. Other members of the City Council are James Clendenin, Cindy Claycomb, Becky Tuttle, and Pete Meitzner. These five individuals work together to make decisions that affect everyone living within the 67212 zip code area in Wichita.
The political climate in Zip 67212 (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 67212 (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 67212 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,279 contributions totaling $85,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 412 contributions totaling $74,617 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)