Kansas City, MO is a diverse city with many unique neighborhoods that make up the 64116 zip code. All of these communities have their own distinct political views and are represented by the local government. The people of this area are served by various politicians at the state and national level. These politicians strive to provide quality services and support to the residents of Kansas City through legislative action. Locally, elected officials such as state senators, representatives in Congress, and members of the city council work together to ensure that the needs of all citizens are met. Through their efforts, they seek to create policies that will benefit the entire community. In addition, these leaders also work to keep taxpayers informed on important issues facing them in order to better serve their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 64116 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning liberal.
Clay County, MO is leaning conservative. In Clay County, MO 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64116 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning liberal.
Kansas City, Missouri is leaning liberal.
Clay County, Missouri is leaning conservative.
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 r r r R r
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 64116 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,353 contributions totaling $234,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $146,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $518 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)