Central City Economic Development Sales Tax
Kansas City city, Missouri
My vote power
Normal
Election date
November 3, 2026
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 61 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 510,612 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(6,191,814 ÷ 510,612) ÷ ln(50,000) = 61.53, measured against a statewide vote in MO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Ballot Measure
Opposes: Cost of Living Reduction, Government Spending Reduction
This measure would renew Kansas City's existing 0.125% retail sales tax for ten years beginning October 1, 2027, after the current tax expires. Revenue would fund economic-development projects in the area bounded by 9th Street, Gregory Boulevard, The Paseo, and Indiana Avenue. It could also retire previously authorized bonded debt or repay bonds not yet issued, but those uses would require express City Council approval by ordinance or resolution.
Read the official ballot measure
A YES vote means
A YES vote continues the existing 0.125% city sales tax for another ten years to fund economic-development projects in the defined central-city area, subject to the measure's oversight and debt-use rules.
A NO vote means
A NO vote rejects the renewal, so the existing Central City Economic Development Sales Tax would expire after September 30, 2027.