Des Peres, MO is a vibrant city that takes great pride in its political scene. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of Des Peres to serve two-year terms. The members of the City Council are responsible for setting policies and creating laws for the city and governing it. In addition to passing ordinances, they also review zoning requests and appoint local officials such as judges and election board members. As a result, issues surrounding public safety, infrastructure, services, and economic development are all addressed in Des Peres’ politics. Additionally, the City Council holds workshops for citizens to provide feedback on important topics like public transportation or budgeting. Through these events, residents can voice their opinions about what they think should be done to help make the city better for all.
The political climate in Des Peres, 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
Des Peres, 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.
Des Peres, 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 Des Peres, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,835 contributions totaling $5,082,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,686 contributions totaling $2,990,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)