Politics in 64054 Sugar Creek, MO are an important matter to the community. The city is part of the larger Jackson County and is served by a mayor-council government system. The mayor is elected every four years and is responsible for appointing members of the council and managing day-to-day operations within the city. The council members also represent individual districts within Sugar Creek and are responsible for passing laws, enacting public policies, budgeting funds, and addressing citizen concerns. Local elections are held every two years and give residents a chance to voice their opinions on various issues facing the city. In addition, there are several active political clubs in Sugar Creek that host events such as candidate forums to help inform citizens on local issues.
The political climate in Zip 64054 (Sugar Creek, MO) is somewhat 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 64054 (Sugar Creek, MO) is somewhat liberal.
Sugar Creek, Missouri is somewhat 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.
Sugar Creek, 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 64054 (Sugar Creek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $5,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)