Kansas City, MO is a vibrant and diverse city that is home to many different people and cultures. The politics of the area are reflective of this diversity, as a wide range of political parties are represented in the local government. The 64126 zip code is part of the greater Kansas City metro area, and is governed by both state and local representatives from Missouri's 12th Congressional District and Municipal Court House 3rd District. In recent years, the contests for both these representative seats have been very competitive between Democratic Party candidates like John Rizzo, Kristi Nichols, and Ben Murray-Kolb, as well as Republican Party candidates including Bob Hamilton, Jason Holsman, and Jean Paul Bradshaw. All of these candidates have different ideas about how to best serve their constituents in 64126 Kansas City MO.
The political climate in Zip 64126 (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 64126 (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 64126 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $720 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)