Kansas City, MO is a vibrant and diverse city in the state of Missouri. It is home to over 489,000 people who make up its diverse population. Spanning four Missouri counties, it has a thriving economy with several major businesses employing many residents. Politically, the city is represented by a variety of municipal and state government organizations. The mayor, Sly James, represents the executive branch while the General Assembly and Senate are responsible for representing Kansas City’s citizens in the state legislature. Furthermore, there are a number of local political candidates running for office in 64158 Kansas City, MO during this election season. These candidates come from many different backgrounds and have unique ideas on how to best serve their community. Each candidate brings something different to the table and will work hard to serve the people of Kansas City if elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 64158 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning conservative.
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 64158 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning conservative.
Kansas City, Missouri is leaning conservative.
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 64158 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $8,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $4,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)