The city of Wichita, KS 67218 is home to a diverse and vibrant community. Politically, the city has been historically Democratic, but in recent years the Republican party has seen increased support from the population. Local elections often feature candidates from both sides of the aisle, allowing citizens to make decisions based on issues rather than party affiliation. A number of important local issues have been debated in Wichita over the last few years including education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Both political parties are committed to making sure that all residents of Wichita have access to quality services and resources regardless of their political views. In addition, there has been an emphasis placed on ensuring that minority and underrepresented communities are also included in decision making processes. Ultimately, it is up to voters in Wichita to decide who will lead them into the future.
The political climate in Zip 67218 (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 67218 (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 67218 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,190 contributions totaling $100,717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $53,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)