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custom place · akashic placesGreater Kansas City (demo)
presidential margin
2008D+7.32012R+0.42016D+1.62020D+8.12024D+6.3
full record · 18682024
D+6.3
2024
people2,069,5142020 Census · block-measured
voting-age1,574,0352020 Census (PL 94-171)
2024 votes1,007,609estimate for the drawn region
counties covered16whole or partial
Elections are multi-resolution estimates — precinct-derived block groups (2008 on), county population share (1960–2004), period county maps before 1960 (MIT Election Lab · VEST · Newberry AHCB) · population and race measured from 2020 Census (PL 94-171) blocks · profile figures are county-resolution ACS 2020–2024 estimates. Median income and median age are deliberately absent — medians cannot be honestly aggregated for a drawn region.

Greater Kansas City (demo)

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drawn region2024 presidential electionGreater Kansas City (demo)HarrisD+6.3
2024 presidential margin by county for Greater Kansas City (demo), MOA map of the constituent counties of Greater Kansas City (demo), 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. The drawn boundary of Greater Kansas City (demo) is traced over them in cyan. The same county-by-county results are available in the expandable county results table beside this map.Jackson, MO · D+19.5Johnson, KS · D+8.5Clay, MO · R+5.6Wyandotte, KS · D+23.9Platte, MO · R+3.1Leavenworth, KS · R+22.8Cass, MO · R+32.1Douglas, KS · D+38.0Ray, MO · R+48.7Miami, KS · R+39.5Johnson, MO · R+39.6Lafayette, MO · R+48.9Clinton, MO · R+47.9Franklin, KS · R+40.1Atchison, KS · R+37.4Jefferson, KS · R+36.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala HarrisDemocratic52.4%528,113
Donald TrumpRepublican46.1%464,825
OtherAll other candidates1.5%14,671
D+60
R+60
The drawn boundary (cyan) over the 16 counties it covers, each filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (16 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Greater Kansas City (demo), MO — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Atchison, KSRepublicanR+37.4
Cass, MORepublicanR+32.1
Clay, MORepublicanR+5.6
Clinton, MORepublicanR+47.9
Douglas, KSDemocraticD+38.0
Franklin, KSRepublicanR+40.1
Jackson, MODemocraticD+19.5
Jefferson, KSRepublicanR+36.9
Johnson, KSDemocraticD+8.5
Johnson, MORepublicanR+39.6
Lafayette, MORepublicanR+48.9
Leavenworth, KSRepublicanR+22.8
Miami, KSRepublicanR+39.5
Platte, MORepublicanR+3.1
Ray, MORepublicanR+48.7
Wyandotte, KSDemocraticD+23.9
Custom-region results — co·Σ · exact sum of authoritative returns for selected whole counties (2004 on) · bg·r · block-group spatial allocation reconciled to each county’s authoritative Democratic, Republican, and other totals (2004 on; 2004 block geography is precinct-observed in NH, OK, TX, VT, and WY and county-estimated elsewhere) · co · county results by 2020-population share inside the region (1960–2000) · co·p · county results by area inside the county map in force that year (pre-1960). A missing block-group denominator falls back to the region’s 2020-population share of that county. Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Sources · MIT Election Lab · Harvard Election Data Archive · ICPSR · VEST · Newberry Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginSwingvs U.S.Total
D
52.4%Harris528,113
46.1%Trump464,825
1.5%
D+6.3R+1.9D+7.81,007,609
D
52.9%Biden544,352
44.8%Trump460,587
2.3%
D+8.1D+6.6D+3.71,028,441
D
47.0%Clinton423,601
45.4%Trump409,437
7.7%
D+1.6D+2.0R+0.5902,126
R
48.7%Obama428,353
49.2%Romney432,036
2.1%
R+0.4R+7.7R+4.3878,673
D
52.9%Obama491,774
45.7%McCain424,288
1.4%
D+7.3D+9.1±0.0929,373
R
48.7%Kerry413,237
50.5%Bush429,107
0.8%
R+1.9R+3.8D+0.6849,135
D
49.3%Gore355,897
47.5%Bush342,294
3.2%
D+1.9R+2.9D+1.4721,228
D
47.8%Clinton311,157
43.1%Dole280,130
9.1%
D+4.8R+5.5R+3.8650,438
D
42.5%Clinton305,175
32.2%Bush231,322
25.2%
D+10.3D+7.8D+4.7717,354
D
50.9%Dukakis307,042
48.5%Bush292,070
0.6%
D+2.5D+16.6D+10.2602,700
R
42.8%Mondale258,024
56.9%Reagan342,992
0.3%
R+14.1R+10.9D+4.1602,775
R
44.9%Carter252,477
48.1%Reagan270,573
7.1%
R+3.2R+4.6D+6.5562,747
D
49.7%Carter261,213
48.3%Ford254,027
2.0%
D+1.4D+28.3R+0.7525,682
R
36.0%McGovern176,631
62.9%Nixon308,655
1.1%
R+26.9R+26.5R+3.8490,526
R
43.4%Humphrey208,768
43.8%Nixon210,842
12.8%
R+0.4R+26.7D+0.3481,110
D
62.9%Johnson286,551
36.7%Goldwater166,942
0.4%
D+26.3D+26.0D+3.7455,242
D
50.1%Kennedy246,858
49.8%Nixon245,551
0.2%
D+0.3D+2.7D+0.1493,158
R
48.8%Stevenson217,263
51.2%Eisenhower228,125
0.1%
R+2.4D+0.8D+13.0445,660
R
48.3%Stevenson218,556
51.5%Eisenhower233,014
0.2%
R+3.2R+23.0D+7.6452,459
D
59.6%Truman220,409
39.8%Dewey147,264
0.6%
D+19.8D+14.5D+15.3370,077
D
52.5%Roosevelt176,921
47.3%Dewey159,255
0.2%
D+5.2R+6.2R+2.3337,009
D
55.6%Roosevelt210,087
44.2%Willkie166,971
0.2%
D+11.4R+24.5D+1.5377,886
D
67.8%Roosevelt291,315
31.9%Landon137,050
0.4%
D+35.9D+6.2D+11.6429,975
D
64.5%Roosevelt245,172
34.9%Hoover132,523
0.7%
D+29.6D+46.3D+11.8380,191
R
41.6%Smith138,581
58.2%Hoover194,036
0.3%
R+16.6R+2.9D+0.8333,485
R
39.5%Davis106,778
53.2%Coolidge143,734
7.2%
R+13.7R+9.8D+11.5270,057
R
47.5%Cox113,771
51.3%Harding123,032
1.2%
R+3.9R+18.1D+22.3239,599
D
55.8%Wilson85,237
41.5%Hughes63,473
2.7%
D+14.2R+22.2D+11.1152,877
D
49.4%Wilson55,079
12.9%Taft14,431
37.7%
D+36.5D+29.3D+16.9111,500
D
52.4%Bryan57,294
45.2%Taft49,422
2.5%
D+7.2D+20.4D+16.7109,408
R
40.9%Parker37,760
54.1%Roosevelt49,935
5.0%
R+13.2R+18.5D+6.592,290
D
51.5%Bryan47,656
46.1%McKinley42,706
2.4%
D+5.3R+4.4D+12.992,557
D
53.8%Bryan46,964
44.0%McKinley38,423
2.3%
D+9.8D+14.0D+15.987,360
R
36.5%Cleveland25,046
40.8%Harrison27,957
22.7%
R+4.2R+10.2R+5.968,597
D
51.2%Cleveland35,618
45.2%Harrison31,445
3.5%
D+6.0D+0.869,526
D
51.4%Cleveland26,979
46.2%Blaine24,259
2.4%
D+5.2R+4.452,508
D
52.0%Hancock21,567
42.4%Garfield17,583
5.6%
D+9.6R+7.441,483
D
55.9%Tilden18,347
38.9%Hayes12,767
5.2%
D+17.0D+5.532,809
D
55.8%16,776
44.2%13,310
0.0%
D+11.5D+11.830,086
R
49.8%9,024
50.2%9,079
0.0%
R+0.318,103
presidential history

Presidential margin, 1868–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1868 to 2024. Most recent: +6.3% in 2024.flipped D · 2016+6.3%DR18682024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1868−0.3%
1872+11.5%
1876+17.0%
1880+9.6%
1884+5.2%
1888+6.0%
1892−4.2%
1896+9.8%
1900+5.3%
1904−13.2%
1908+7.2%
1912+36.5%
1916+14.2%
1920−3.9%
1924−13.7%
1928−16.6%
1932+29.6%
1936+35.9%
1940+11.4%
1944+5.2%
1948+19.8%
1952−3.2%
1956−2.4%
1960+0.3%
1964+26.3%
1968−0.4%
1972−26.9%
1976+1.4%
1980−3.2%
1984−14.1%
1988+2.5%
1992+10.3%
1996+4.8%
2000+1.9%
2004−1.9%
2008+7.3%
2012−0.4%
2016+1.6%
2020+8.1%
2024+6.3%
DemocraticRepublican

Demographics

Who lives here

2,069,514 people · 1,574,035 of voting age
Race & ethnicity2020 Census · block resolution
White (non-Hispanic)67%US 58%
Black13%US 12%
Hispanic or Latino11%US 19%
Asian3.2%US 6.0%
Native American0.6%US 1.1%
Two or more races9.2%US 10%
ProfileACS 2020–2024 · county-resolution estimate
Age 18–2915%US 16%
Age 65 and older16%US 17%
Foreign-born7.7%US 14%
Speaks a language other than English at home12%US 22%
Below the poverty line10%US 13%
Bachelor’s degree or higher (25+)41%US 36%

The cyan bar is this region; the tick marks the US share.

Race and population are measured from the 30,725 census blocks whose centers fall inside Greater Kansas City (demo). Profile figures are estimated from county ACS counts weighted by each county’s population share inside the region. Hispanic origin overlaps the race categories, so shares can sum past 100%. Median household income and median age aren’t shown — medians can’t be honestly aggregated for a custom region from county figures.

Greater Kansas City (demo) is a custom region — its figures are the roll-up of the sixteen counties its boundary intersects across Missouri and Kansas. A drawn region has no official totals of its own; everything here is summed from the counties it covers, at the finest resolution the underlying data allows.

In 2024 the region voted Democratic (6.3 points). Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 26.9 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved 1.9 points toward the Republican candidate.

About 2,069,514 people live inside it, 67% non-Hispanic white, and 12% of households speak a language other than English at home — measured from the census blocks the boundary contains. Median income and age aren't shown: they can't be honestly averaged across counties for a region that has none of its own.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Greater Kansas City (demo) vote in 2024?
In 2024, Greater Kansas City (demo) voted Democratic by 6.3 points (D+6.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,007,609 votes cast, 528,113 went Democratic and 464,825 went Republican.
When did Greater Kansas City (demo) last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Greater Kansas City (demo) voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in Greater Kansas City (demo)?
Greater Kansas City (demo) has a population of 2,069,514, measured from the 2020 Census (PL 94-171) blocks whose centers fall inside the drawn boundary. A custom region has no official population figure of its own.
What is the political history of Greater Kansas City (demo)?
Akashic tracks 40 presidential elections in Greater Kansas City (demo) from 1868 to 2024. Of those, 26 went Democratic and 14 went Republican.