The city of 66115 Kansas City, KS is politically active and engaged, with many opportunities for citizens to participate in local politics. The local government works hard to ensure that the rights and needs of all its residents are taken into consideration. There are several elected officials who represent the area both locally and nationally, including members of the United States Congress, state representatives, state senators, county commissioners, mayors, and city council members. Kansas City also has a strong network of neighborhood associations that work to bring community together. Through advocacy efforts at the neighborhood level, citizens can have their voices heard on issues that impact their lives. Additionally, there are multiple organizations dedicated to promoting voter education and participation among Kansas City residents. These organizations provide resources such as voter registration assistance and help people understand how their votes influence local politics.
The political climate in Zip 66115 (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 66115 (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 66115 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)