East Community Team South, Kansas City, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in East Community Team South

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

East Community Team South is a Democratic stronghold. About 80% of voters here vote Democratic and 20% Republican.

 

About 31% of adults in East Community Team South typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in East Community Team South, ~25% vote Democratic, ~6% Republican, and ~69% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How East Community Team South compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, East Community Team South leans more Democratic than 10 of 18 neighbors.

East Community Team South runs about 79 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while East Community Team South is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within East Community Team South. The northwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+74) and the east side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+52), a spread of about 22 points.

Why East Community Team South leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for East Community Team South, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in East Community Team South live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 54% of adults in East Community Team South have never been married, above 87% of neighborhoods. East Community Team South runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; East Community Team South, Kansas City, MO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in East Community Team South looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. East Community Team South is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 37%, about 20 points below the Missouri average of 57%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 49% of adults in East Community Team South report food insecurity, above 98% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and East Community Team South sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.