The politics in Wichita, KS 67228 are largely governed by the city and county of Sedgwick. At the state level, Kansas is a Republican stronghold, with elected representatives largely aligning with conservative values. At the local level, voters in Wichita elect seven council members to represent them at City Hall. These members serve four-year terms and can be reelected as often as they want. The Mayor of Wichita is also directly elected by voters and serves a four-year term as well. The city has a variety of political groups that represent different constituencies in the city, such as the Wichita Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition. Additionally, non-profit organizations such as LiveWell Kansas focus on addressing social issues important to many residents of Wichita. All of these groups play an important role in shaping policy decisions within 67228 Wichita, KS and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Zip 67228 (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 67228 (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 67228 (Wichita)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $6,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $6,913 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)