The politics in Fenton, MO are largely determined by the local government. The City of Fenton has a council-manager form of government. This means that the six elected council members make policy and legislative decisions while the manager is responsible for implementing them. Together, they work to ensure that Fenton continues to meet the needs of its residents and businesses. The current mayor is Michael Polizzi, who was elected to his first term in April 2021. In addition to the Mayor, there are six council members that have been elected to represent their constituents in making decisions for the city. They are all committed to ensuring that Fenton remains a safe and thriving community where people can live, work, and play.
The political climate in Fenton, MO is leaning 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
Fenton, MO is leaning 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.
Fenton, 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 Fenton, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,716 contributions totaling $133,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 660 contributions totaling $288,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)