The city of Independence, MO (zip code 64053) is located in Jackson County, Missouri and has a population of about 116,000. It is governed by an elected mayor and six council members who work collaboratively to make decisions that benefit the community. The current mayor is Eileen Weir and the other council members include Tom Van Camp, Curt Dougherty, Karen DeLuccie, Mike Huffman, Ken Collins and Scott Roberson. Local elections are held annually in April to decide who will serve on the council.
Politics in Independence focus on improving the quality of life for its citizens through policies such as developing public parks and recreational facilities, preserving open space for future generations, promoting economic development in the area and providing services that support local businesses. Current initiatives also seek to address issues such as poverty, crime reduction and homelessness. There are several political organizations that work together to ensure fair representation for all residents of Independence regardless of race or creed.
The political climate in Zip 64053 (Independence, MO) is moderately 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 64053 (Independence, MO) is moderately liberal.
Independence, Missouri is moderately 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.
Independence, 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 64053 (Independence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $2,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $90 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)