KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With nearly 450,000 residents, Kansas City is Missouri’s largest locality. It anchors this metropolitan area of 1.8 million people. But this traditional Democratic stronghold shares a state line with neighboring Kansas, a Republican powerhouse. Kansas City is also severed by the Missouri River, making north shore residents feel like unwelcome kin. […]
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