Kansas City, MO is a vibrant and diverse city. The city has a strong sense of community and culture that is reflected in its local politics. Politically, the city is represented by two US Representatives: Emanuel Cleaver II and Lacy Clay Jr., as well as two state Senators: Jason Holsman and Denny Hoskins. Locally, Kansas City is governed by an elected Mayor, Quinton Lucas, along with eight City Council members who act as legislative representatives and are tasked with setting policy. Additionally, the city also has a Police Board which provides oversight for the police department in order to ensure the safety of its citizens. All of these officials work together to create an atmosphere of transparency and accountability while striving to provide needed services to the citizens of Kansas City.
The political climate in Zip 64164 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning conservative.
Platte County, MO is leaning conservative. In Platte County, MO 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64164 (Kansas City, MO) is leaning conservative.
Kansas City, Missouri is leaning conservative.
Platte 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: r 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 64164 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $799 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $6,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,017 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)