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1892–2024
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Kansas City
presidential margin
2008D+4.12012R+4.12016R+5.02020D+0.92024R+1.3
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+1.3
2024
median income$82,224U.S. $80,734 · MO $74,275
median age37.7U.S. 39.1
poverty rate10.6%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)38.3%U.S. 35.6%
non-english10.4%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German19.8%
English12.9%
Irish11.9%
African American†9.0%
African0.5%
Mexican7.0%
Puerto Rican0.6%
Guatemalan0.3%
Asian Indian0.7%
Chinese0.4%
Vietnamese0.3%
religion
other traditions
Mainline7.4%
Black Protestant3.1%
Latter-day Saints1.6%
Muslim0.8%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Kansas City, Missouri

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Kansas CityTrumpR+1.3
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2024 presidential margin by county for Kansas City, MOA map of the constituent counties of Kansas City, MO, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Douglas County, KS · D+38.0Livingston County, MO · R+57.8Linn County, KS · R+64.6Wyandotte County, KS · D+23.9Henry County, MO · R+52.6Bates County, MO · R+61.6Saline County, MO · R+40.4Jackson County, MO · D+19.3Gentry County, MO · R+61.8Cass County, MO · R+32.1Holt County, MO · R+69.1Miami County, KS · R+39.5Pettis County, MO · R+48.7Johnson County, KS · D+8.5Linn County, MO · R+57.2Nodaway County, MO · R+43.7Platte County, MO · R+3.1Carroll County, MO · R+64.5Clay County, MO · R+5.6Atchison County, KS · R+37.4Lafayette County, MO · R+48.9Grundy County, MO · R+63.5Clinton County, MO · R+47.9Daviess County, MO · R+63.3Johnson County, MO · R+39.6Caldwell County, MO · R+61.3Ray County, MO · R+48.7Mercer County, MO · R+73.1Leavenworth County, KS · R+22.8Franklin County, KS · R+40.1Worth County, MO · R+64.6Anderson County, KS · R+59.8Harrison County, MO · R+71.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican49.8%630,402
Kamala HarrisDemocratic48.6%614,264
Chase OliverLibertarian1.6%20,527
D+60
R+60
33 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (33 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Kansas City, MO — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Anderson County, KSRepublicanR+59.8
Atchison County, KSRepublicanR+37.4
Bates County, MORepublicanR+61.6
Caldwell County, MORepublicanR+61.3
Carroll County, MORepublicanR+64.5
Cass County, MORepublicanR+32.1
Clay County, MORepublicanR+5.6
Clinton County, MORepublicanR+47.9
Daviess County, MORepublicanR+63.3
Douglas County, KSDemocraticD+38.0
Franklin County, KSRepublicanR+40.1
Gentry County, MORepublicanR+61.8
Grundy County, MORepublicanR+63.5
Harrison County, MORepublicanR+71.8
Henry County, MORepublicanR+52.6
Holt County, MORepublicanR+69.1
Jackson County, MODemocraticD+19.3
Johnson County, KSDemocraticD+8.5
Johnson County, MORepublicanR+39.6
Lafayette County, MORepublicanR+48.9
Leavenworth County, KSRepublicanR+22.8
Linn County, KSRepublicanR+64.6
Linn County, MORepublicanR+57.2
Livingston County, MORepublicanR+57.8
Mercer County, MORepublicanR+73.1
Miami County, KSRepublicanR+39.5
Nodaway County, MORepublicanR+43.7
Pettis County, MORepublicanR+48.7
Platte County, MORepublicanR+3.1
Ray County, MORepublicanR+48.7
Saline County, MORepublicanR+40.4
Worth County, MORepublicanR+64.6
Wyandotte County, KSDemocraticD+23.9
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
48.6%Harris614,264
49.8%Trump630,402
1.6%Oliver20,527
−1.3%
1,265,193
D
49.4%Biden634,645
48.5%Trump623,006
2.2%Jorgensen27,774
+0.9%
1,285,425
R
43.8%Clinton497,658
48.7%Trump554,014
7.5%Johnson85,199
−5.0%
1,136,871
R
46.8%Obama518,251
50.9%Romney563,817
2.2%Johnson24,672
−4.1%
1,106,740
D
51.4%Obama602,666
47.3%McCain554,471
1.4%Nader16,343
+4.1%
1,173,480
R
47.1%Kerry511,257
52.1%Bush565,349
0.9%Badnarik9,276
−5.0%
1,085,882
R
47.6%Gore442,894
48.9%Bush455,107
3.4%Nader31,967
−1.3%
929,968
D
47.2%Clinton399,314
42.9%Dole363,204
9.9%Perot84,072
+4.3%
846,590
D
41.8%Clinton389,053
32.4%Bush301,377
25.8%Perot239,955
+9.4%
930,385
D
49.9%Dukakis393,854
49.5%Bush390,561
0.6%Fulani4,795
+0.4%
789,210
R
41.5%Mondale331,156
58.2%Reagan464,709
0.3%Bergland2,390
−16.7%
798,255
R
43.8%Carter331,333
49.5%Reagan374,089
6.7%Anderson50,986
−5.7%
756,408
D
49.9%Carter358,052
48.2%Ford345,646
1.9%McCarthy13,446
+1.7%
717,144
R
35.3%McGovern239,655
63.8%Nixon433,565
0.9%Schmitz6,412
−28.5%
679,632
R
42.4%Humphrey280,822
45.8%Nixon303,328
11.8%Wallace78,432
−3.4%
662,582
D
62.2%Johnson398,205
37.5%Goldwater240,076
0.3%Hass2,047
+24.7%
640,328
R
47.6%Kennedy332,603
52.3%Nixon365,528
0.1%Byrd927
−4.7%
699,058
R
46.6%Stevenson306,103
53.3%Eisenhower350,259
0.1%Andrews383
−6.7%
656,745
R
45.1%Stevenson304,763
54.7%Eisenhower369,692
0.2%Hallinan1,335
−9.6%
675,790
D
56.4%Truman320,664
43.0%Dewey244,413
0.6%Thurmond3,314
+13.4%
568,391
R
49.1%Roosevelt266,236
50.6%Dewey274,238
0.2%Thomas1,224
−1.5%
541,698
D
51.5%Roosevelt321,229
48.2%Willkie300,472
0.2%Thomas1,530
+3.3%
623,231
D
61.8%Roosevelt418,287
37.8%Landon255,453
0.4%Lemke2,702
+24.1%
676,442
D
62.7%Roosevelt370,414
36.6%Hoover216,479
0.7%Thomas4,241
+26.0%
591,134
R
39.6%Smith219,684
60.1%Hoover333,539
0.3%Thomas1,620
−20.5%
554,843
R
40.6%Davis193,543
52.9%Coolidge251,768
6.5%La Follette30,975
−12.2%
476,286
R
45.2%Cox206,867
53.6%Harding245,501
1.2%Debs5,510
−8.4%
457,878
D
53.3%Wilson161,182
44.0%Hughes132,843
2.7%Benson8,148
+9.4%
302,173
D
48.2%Wilson114,813
20.0%Taft47,592
31.8%Roosevelt75,599
+28.2%
238,004
D
50.0%Bryan119,733
47.6%Taft114,088
2.3%Debs5,621
+2.4%
239,442
R
42.0%Parker91,943
53.7%Roosevelt117,455
4.3%Debs9,378
−11.7%
218,776
D
50.6%Bryan117,625
47.0%McKinley109,345
2.4%Woolley5,589
+3.6%
232,559
D
54.4%Bryan128,260
44.6%McKinley104,993
1.0%Palmer2,315
+9.9%
235,568
R
37.4%Cleveland73,920
42.6%Harrison84,007
20.0%Weaver39,487
−5.1%
197,414
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −1.3% in 2024.flipped R · 2024−1.3%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−5.1%
1896+9.9%
1900+3.6%
1904−11.7%
1908+2.4%
1912+28.2%
1916+9.4%
1920−8.4%
1924−12.2%
1928−20.5%
1932+26.0%
1936+24.1%
1940+3.3%
1944−1.5%
1948+13.4%
1952−9.6%
1956−6.7%
1960−4.7%
1964+24.7%
1968−3.4%
1972−28.5%
1976+1.7%
1980−5.7%
1984−16.7%
1988+0.4%
1992+9.4%
1996+4.3%
2000−1.3%
2004−5.0%
2008+4.1%
2012−4.1%
2016−5.0%
2020+0.9%
2024−1.3%
DemocraticRepublican

Kansas City's media market spans the Missouri-Kansas state line, meaning its viewers are simultaneously targeted by campaigns operating under entirely different competitive environments — a rare dual-state dynamic that complicates ad-buy strategy.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 28.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.3 points.

A population of 2,630,036, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $82,224 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Denver and Portland, OR.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Denver
Colorado
87.4twin score
12-yr trendpopulation scale2004–2024 trajectory≠ median income
Portland, OR
82.6twin score
12-yr trendcollege sharepopulation scale
Baltimore
Maryland
79.9twin score
12-yr trendpopulation scalecollege share≠ % Black

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Kansas City, Missouri vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kansas City, Missouri voted Republican by 1.3 points (R+1.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,265,193 votes cast, 614,264 went Democratic and 630,402 went Republican.
When did Kansas City, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kansas City, Missouri voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Kansas City, Missouri?
Kansas City, Missouri has a population of 2,630,036 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kansas City, Missouri?
Median household income in Kansas City, Missouri is $82,224 — above the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Kansas City, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Kansas City, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 16 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.