Velda City, MO is a medium-sized city located in the Midwestern United States. The city has been a politically active area for decades, with debate and discussion of local policy, infrastructure, and other political matters taking place at all levels of government. The city is served by several elected officials including a mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen who work together to set policy guidelines and ensure the best possible outcomes for Velda City residents. In addition to these elected officials, local political candidates come forward every election cycle to offer their vision for the future of Velda City and its citizens. Each candidate provides unique perspectives on important issues such as economic opportunity, educational access, public safety, and community values. Local voters have an important decision to make every election cycle in choosing the best candidate to represent their interests and desires for Velda City's future.
The political climate in Velda City, 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
Velda City, 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.
Velda City, 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 Velda City, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 896 contributions totaling $64,421 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $11,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)