St. Peters, Missouri is a vibrant and growing community with a population of over 55,000 citizens. It is located in St. Charles County and is a part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. The city has seen much growth in recent years, as its population has increased by nearly 15% in the last 5 years alone. As such, local politics have become increasingly important to the residents of St. Peters and their representatives on the City Council who are responsible for shaping policy that affects daily life in the city. With several city council members up for re-election this year, citizens have been actively engaging in local politics to select candidates who will best represent their interests and help guide St. Peters into the future with sound policies and progressive leadership.
The political climate in St. Peters, MO is somewhat conservative.
St. Charles County, MO is moderately conservative. In St. Charles County, MO 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Charles county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.2%.
St. Charles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Peters, MO is somewhat conservative.
St. Charles County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
St. Peters, Missouri: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in St. Peters, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28,774 contributions totaling $1,899,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,632 contributions totaling $26,183,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,033 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)