Kansas City, KS is a diverse city with many different political ideologies represented. The 66102 area of Kansas City is no exception. Its residents are politically engaged and regularly participate in local elections, debates and rallies. Major topics of discussion currently include issues around education, healthcare, community safety and economic development. Residents often voice their opinions on the policies proposed by local politicians who run for office in the area. This helps to ensure that the voices of those in the community are always heard and taken into account when forming policy decisions. Additionally, residents from 66102 are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending meetings or attending forums held by local elected officials to ensure their voices are heard and their needs are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 66102 (Kansas City, KS) is strongly liberal.
Wyandotte County, KS is strongly liberal. In Wyandotte County, KS 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyandotte county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 33.2%.
Wyandotte county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66102 (Kansas City, KS) is strongly liberal.
Kansas City, Kansas is strongly liberal.
Wyandotte County, Kansas is strongly liberal.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Kansas City, Kansas: 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 66102 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $13,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $10,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)