Valley Park, MO is a small town located in St. Louis County. The town is home to approximately 8,500 residents who are served by a mayor-council form of government. Valley Park's political landscape is largely focused on local issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. Residents of the town generally take an active role in the political process through voting and attending city council meetings to voice their opinions on issues that affect them directly. Local candidates for mayor and city council regularly campaign door-to-door throughout Valley Park, engaging with voters on their ideas for improving the community. Through these efforts, Valley Park has seen positive change over the years that has benefited its residents and businesses alike.
The political climate in Valley Park, MO is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis County, MO is moderately liberal. In St. Louis County, MO 61.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.2% to 37.2%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley Park, MO is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis County, Missouri is moderately liberal.
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.
Valley Park, Missouri: d d D D D D
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 Valley Park, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,001 contributions totaling $1,656,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,651 contributions totaling $785,447 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)