St. Charles County, Missouri is a vibrant and diverse county located in the state of Missouri. The county has a population of approximately 360,000 people and is home to numerous cities, towns, and villages. Politically, St. Charles County is dominated by two major political affiliations: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Both parties have strong presence in the county due to their respective representation in local government offices as well as their support from local residents. At the local level, candidates from both parties run for elected positions in city councils, school boards, and other governing bodies. Each candidate promises to bring different ideas and solutions to the issues facing the community while also expressing commitment to representing constituents’ interests fairly and effectively. Through their proposed platforms, these candidates strive to make St. Charles County an even better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in 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. Charles County, MO 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. Charles, 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 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. Charles County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,907 contributions totaling $712,316 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,165 contributions totaling $4,467,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,073 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)