Kansas City, KS, located in the 66106 zip code, is governed by the Mayor and six council members who serve four-year terms. The governing body of Kansas City is responsible for setting policies and laws that guide the city’s growth and development. The current mayor is David Alvey and he has been in office since 2015. He was reelected in 2019 to a second term. Recently, many new initiatives have been put into effect that aim to foster economic development and provide high quality services for citizens. Additionally, local leaders are working hard to ensure that the city remains a safe place for its residents by increasing resources for policing and implementing new crime prevention measures. Kansas City is also home to many different political groups who lobby for specific causes such as environmental protection or affordable housing. In addition, there are multiple opportunities within the community to get involved in politics by volunteering with campaigns or attending public meetings with elected officials. Overall, politics in 66106 Kansas City, KS is diverse and active as citizens come together to create positive change through their participation in government.
The political climate in Zip 66106 (Kansas City, KS) is moderately liberal.
Wyandotte County, KS is strongly liberal. In Wyandotte County, KS 64.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyandotte county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.5% to 33.2%.
Wyandotte county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 66106 (Kansas City, KS) is moderately liberal.
Kansas City, Kansas is moderately liberal.
Wyandotte County, Kansas is strongly liberal.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Kansas 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, Kansas: 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 66106 (Kansas City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 273 contributions totaling $32,850 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $14,657 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)