North Kansas City, MO is an independent municipality located on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is governed by a mayor and six council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Don Stielow and the current council members are Karen Flowers, Joe Martin, Kimberly Kussman, Mike Kelly, Jerry Kramer, and Eunice Brown. As part of their duties, the elected officials in North Kansas City work to secure necessary resources for its citizens while also advocating for local projects that will benefit the community. They strive to ensure that North Kansas City remains a safe and thriving place for all residents. In addition to these responsibilities, city leaders also engage with other authorities in order to promote intergovernmental cooperation and support regional initiatives that benefit both North Kansas City and its neighboring cities. Such efforts ultimately help foster positive relationships between local government entities as well as promote economic development in the region as a whole.
The political climate in North Kansas City, MO is leaning liberal.
Clay County, MO is leaning conservative. In Clay County, MO 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Kansas City, MO is leaning liberal.
Clay County, Missouri is leaning conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Missouri 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.
North Kansas City, Missouri: d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 North Kansas City, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,824 contributions totaling $255,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $173,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $581 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)