Kearney, Missouri is a small city located in Clay County with a population of nearly 8,000 people. Although it is not a large city, the politics of Kearney are still important to its citizens. The local governing body is the Board of Aldermen which consists of six members elected at-large by the community. These members are responsible for making decisions on matters such as taxes, regulations, land use, and other issues that affect the day-to-day lives of the people who live in Kearney. The Mayor is also elected by the citizens and serves as an executive leader for the entire community. The local political candidates who have been running for office in recent years offer different views and perspectives to keep Kearney's government accountable. As a result, elections have been important moments for local citizens to make their voices heard and choose leaders who will best represent them in their decision making process.
The political climate in Zip 64060 (Kearney, MO) is somewhat 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 64060 (Kearney, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Kearney, Missouri is somewhat 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.
Kearney, 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 64060 (Kearney)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $12,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $28,646 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)