The city of Wichita, KS 67217 is a vibrant and diverse community, with an active political landscape. With more than 500,000 citizens, it is the largest city in Kansas and home to many different interests and perspectives. Local politics are actively discussed in debates over the city’s progress and its future. The mayor of Wichita is Jeff Longwell, who was re-elected for a second term in 2019. Because of his supportive stance on numerous issues, including public transportation and economic development, he has been widely praised by constituents across the city. Voters also have options for representation at both state and federal levels; Kansas' 4th congressional district encompasses much of Wichita's population. Current representatives are Ron Estes (R) for U.S. House of Representatives and Oletha Faust-Goudeau (D) for State Senate District 29, providing citizens with political figures that can represent their values in the legislature. All together, this shows how local politics play an important role in shaping Wichita's future today and will continue to do so as it grows into a thriving metropolitan area.
The political climate in Zip 67217 (Wichita, KS) is leaning 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 67217 (Wichita, KS) is leaning conservative.
Wichita, Kansas is leaning 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 67217 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $11,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $166,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)