Blue Springs, MO is a city located in the heart of Jackson County that is home to over 55,000 people. The city has seen steady growth over the last few decades due to its prime location near Kansas City and an abundance of job opportunities and amenities. Blue Springs is governed by a mayor-council form of government with six city council members who represent various wards throughout the city. Each term lasts for two years and elections are held every other April. Recently, there have been several hotly contested races for mayor and city council seats due to changing population demographics in the area. The citizens of Blue Springs take their local politics seriously and are willing to support candidates who reflect their views on important issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure and economic development.
The political climate in Blue Springs, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, MO is moderately liberal. In Jackson County, MO 59.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.8% to 37.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Springs, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, Missouri is moderately liberal.
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.
Blue Springs, Missouri: D D D D D D
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 Blue Springs, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,914 contributions totaling $887,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,688 contributions totaling $449,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)