Kansas City, MO is a vibrant and diverse city with a thriving political climate. Located in the 64138 zip code, the area is represented in local government by many dedicated individuals. From the county level to the state level, citizens of 64138 have numerous representatives who are devoted to making their community a better place. For example, at the county level there is Jason Kander, who has served as Jackson County Executive since 2018; at the state level there is Brian Williams, who currently sits in Missouri’s House of Representatives for District 36. There are also many other local candidates running for political office in this area, all of whom are committed to improving Kansas City and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 64138 (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 64138 (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 64138 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 845 contributions totaling $74,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $12,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)