Looking at your map, you hit the nail on the head...
In KS, that blue dot is Lawrence (and maybe Manhattan) KS, home of KU (and K-State). The rest of the state is pretty conservative, with the possible exceptions of Johnson & Wyandotte counties (Metro Kansas City MO & KS.)
If you look right next door, MO has 3 hard core blue areas... Kansas City and St Louis, as well as Columbia in the center of the state, home of Missou (University of Missouri.)
Mark
But you are right you can see the Democrat Enclaves from St. Louis to Lawrence lols!
Oh, and KS is a Right to Work state, while MO is still a wholly owned subsidiary of the unions.
Yep, the defense the dems are getting for not lowering taxes in Missouri is that Tax Cuts cause deficits.
Never mind the fact that the state would get more money if it just took a little bit from everyone instead of a large lump sum from One Person and then that person move away.
They really are that stupid.