Oak Park Northwest is a Democratic stronghold. About 91% of voters here vote Democratic and 9% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Oak Park Northwest typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oak Park Northwest, ~43% vote Democratic, ~4% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oak Park Northwest compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Oak Park Northwest leans more Democratic than 20 of 22 neighbors.
Oak Park Northwest runs about 101 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Oak Park Northwest is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Oak Park Northwest 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 Oak Park Northwest, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Oak Park Northwest votes against the grain of Missouri. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Oak Park Northwest runs about 101 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 51% of adults in Oak Park Northwest have never been married, above 83% of neighborhoods.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Oak Park Northwest, Kansas City, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Oak Park Northwest looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Oak Park Northwest sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Oak Park Northwest sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 33% of adults in Oak Park Northwest report food insecurity, above 86% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- East Community Team South, Kansas City, MO D+61
- Southmoreland, Kansas City, MO D+70
- North Town Fork Creek, Kansas City, MO D+84
- Blue Hills, Kansas City, MO D+83
- East Community Team North, Kansas City, MO D+56
- Eastern 49-63, Kansas City, MO D+72
- South Plaza, Kansas City, MO D+51
- Volker, Kansas City, MO D+66
- Independence Plaza, Kansas City, MO D+61
- Western 49-63, Kansas City, MO D+64
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Central Hammond, Hammond, IN D+43
- Belaire, San Angelo, TX R+42
- Edgewood, Fort Lauderdale, FL D+5
- Riverwalk, Porter, TX R+16
- Mercy Drive, Orlando, FL D+72
- Rosemont North, Orlando, FL D+65
- Ardmore-Gould Estates-Olin Heights, Savannah, GA D+36
- Corn Hill, Rochester, NY D+62
- Live Oaks Square, Tampa, FL D+69
- Knightsville, Cranston, RI D+10
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.