Florissant, Missouri is a small town located in St. Louis County that is highly active in local politics. The city has an elected mayor and six aldermen who form the Board of Aldermen to make important decisions for the city. The citizens are encouraged to get involved and attend public meetings to voice their opinions or concerns about various issues. Local elections are held every two years, giving residents the opportunity to elect representatives who best represent their values and interests. The mayor, board members, and other community leaders strive to create equitable policies that benefit all Florissant residents while remaining fiscally responsible with taxpayer money. Florissant is proud of its commitment to local politics and works hard to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to making important decisions about the future of the city.
The political climate in Florissant, MO is somewhat 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
Florissant, MO is somewhat 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.
Florissant, 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 Florissant, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,655 contributions totaling $473,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,000 contributions totaling $119,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)