Kansas City is a vibrant city in the US state of Missouri, located in Jackson County. Politically, the city is run by the Mayor and City Council of Kansas City. The current mayor is Quinton Lucas, who was elected in 2019. He is supported by a nine-member city council that works together to make decisions for the betterment of the local community. Additionally, there are numerous local political candidates running for office throughout Jackson County, as well as in surrounding counties such as Clay and Platte. Locals have an opportunity to support their desired candidate through various campaigns and events, which help to foster civic engagement amongst members of the community. With its many options for involvement and representation, Kansas City offers its residents a unique opportunity to participate in politics and make their voices heard on issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 64146 (Kansas City, MO) is somewhat 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 64146 (Kansas City, MO) is somewhat liberal.
Kansas City, Missouri is somewhat 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 64146 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $18,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $1,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)