Concord, Missouri is a small town located in Lafayette County. As the county seat, Concord has been a part of the political landscape for many years. The town is governed by a mayor and five-member board of aldermen who are elected to two-year terms. It also has a city clerk as well as various departments such as police, fire, public works, water and electric services. Local elections are held every two years with the mayor and board of aldermen positions being up for election each year. Several candidates choose to run for office each election cycle, making it an exciting event for local residents. To ensure fair and impartial elections, Concord works with the Lafayette County Election Commission to conduct all local elections with accuracy and integrity. With politics playing an important role in the community, Concord residents take pride in being informed on current issues and casting their votes at each election cycle.
The political climate in Concord, 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
Concord, 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.
Concord, 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 Concord, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,197 contributions totaling $1,145,768 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,570 contributions totaling $469,148 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)