St. Louis, MO County is a vibrant community with a strong sense of local politics. The city is home to many prominent political figures, including former Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and US Senator Claire McCaskill. The county is also represented in the Missouri Legislature by several state representatives and senators. St. Louis County voters have had their say on numerous ballot initiatives over the years, including issues such as transportation, education, taxation, and gun control. St. Louis County residents are passionate about their local politics and eager to make their voices heard when it comes to important decisions that affect them and their communities. With numerous local representatives from both major parties serving in office, there's a great deal of discussion taking place at all levels of government; this allows people from diverse backgrounds to come together and work towards making positive changes in their community.
The political climate in 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
St. Louis County, MO 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.
St. Louis, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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. Louis County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92,020 contributions totaling $19,559,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17,323 contributions totaling $16,962,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $979 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)