Bel-Ridge, MO is a small town situated in the heart of Missouri. The local politics in Bel-Ridge are fairly moderate and non-partisan. Residents prioritize issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety and the general wellbeing of the community. The mayor and town council are elected by popular vote during municipal elections, which occur every two years. The current mayor is Mike Smith, who has held office since 2017. He is supported by a city council comprised of 4 members who were all elected in 2018. All candidates running for office in Bel-Ridge are required to publicly disclose their campaigns' sources of funding and any potential conflicts of interest in order to ensure an honest and transparent political process. Residents can stay informed about local politics through attending town hall meetings or by reading up on recent news stories published by the local newspaper.
The political climate in Bel-Ridge, MO is strongly 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
Bel-Ridge, MO is strongly 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.
Bel-Ridge, 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 Bel-Ridge, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,628 contributions totaling $1,008,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $77,998 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)