Kansas City, MO (64136) is an urban area with a diverse population and vibrant political scene. The city is represented in the United States Congress by Sharice Davids and Emanuel Cleaver. Both representatives work hard to ensure local issues are heard on Capitol Hill, from gun control to expanding healthcare access. At the local level, voters have the opportunity to elect their own representatives including one mayor and several members of the city council. The city council is responsible for overseeing many aspects of daily life in Kansas City, including maintaining public services and infrastructure, developing policies that help create jobs and economic growth, and addressing public safety concerns. Recent initiatives have included a $1 billion infrastructure investment plan to improve roads, sidewalks and transit lines throughout the city as well as an effort to increase affordable housing options for low-income families. Active civic engagement from citizens can make a big difference in how our elected officials serve us.
The political climate in Zip 64136 (Kansas City, MO) is moderately 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
Zip 64136 (Kansas City, MO) is moderately liberal.
Kansas City, Missouri is moderately 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.
Kansas City, 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 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 64136 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $8,175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $1,595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)