Politics in 64082 Lees Summit, MO is centered around local government and grassroots organizations. The city of Lees Summit holds a Mayor/Council form of government, with the current mayor being Bill Baird. The City Council consists of five members, each elected to a two-year term by the citizens of Lees Summit. Local political issues are addressed through the work of various committees that make recommendations to the City Council. Additionally, grassroots organizations like the Lee's Summit Political Action Committee and the Lee's Summit Chamber of Commerce are actively involved in advocating for political issues that matter to the community. Both organizations encourage civic engagement and provide resources to help citizens understand how their vote impacts their local community.
The political climate in Zip 64082 (Lees Summit, MO) is leaning 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 64082 (Lees Summit, MO) is leaning liberal.
Lees Summit, Missouri is leaning 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.
Lees Summit, 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 64082 (Lees Summit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 675 contributions totaling $26,366 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $18,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)