Kansas City, KS is a city located in Wyandotte County and part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The city has a population of 149,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council system. There are currently five members on the council who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor of Kansas City, KS is Mark Holland, who was first elected in 2011 and reelected in 2015. The city also has an active citizenry and many community organizations aimed at improving the quality of life for its residents. Education, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development and sustainability are all important issues facing the local political candidates. With initiatives such as K-State 2025 aimed at increasing access to education, increased support for local businesses, and increased funding for public safety initiatives, local politicians have been working hard to ensure that Kansas City remains a safe place to live with a vibrant economy and strong educational opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 66105 (Kansas City, KS) is moderately 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 66105 (Kansas City, KS) is moderately liberal.
Kansas City, Kansas is moderately 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 66105 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $3,864 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $5,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $453 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)