Wentzville, MO is a vibrant city located in St. Charles County with a rich history and growing population. The city is served by an elected mayor and six-member Board of Aldermen. The current mayor is Nick Guccione and the current Board of Aldermen are Bob Hamilton, Kim Hively, Patricia O’Laughlin, Kim Robinson, Ed Siebenmorgen and John Schwent. Each member of the Board of Aldermen governs one of Wentzville's wards within the city limits. Along with the Mayor, City Administrator and City Clerk positions are also elected officials to serve Wentzville residents. Every two years members of the Democratic and Republican party present their platforms on topics such as economic development, education, public safety and infrastructure investment when running for office in Wentzville. Although no local candidates were named in this content piece, it's clear that politics runs deep in Wentzville as residents aim to keep its vibrant culture alive through their engagement with local government initiatives.
The political climate in Wentzville, MO is moderately 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
Wentzville, MO is moderately 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.
Wentzville, 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 Wentzville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,573 contributions totaling $363,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,693 contributions totaling $821,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)