Essex, MO is located in St. Louis County and is a small city with a population of just over 4,000 people. The city is served by a mayor-council system of government with the mayor being the chief executive officer and six council members representing each ward. Each year the citizens of Essex have the opportunity to elect local officials who will manage the day-to-day operations of the city. The current mayor, Jason Mays, was elected in 2017 and works with the City Council to make decisions about matters such as public safety, infrastructure development, economic development, and community programs. The City Council also works closely with local businesses, organizations and residents to ensure that Essex remains an attractive place to live in St Louis County.
The political climate in Essex, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, MO is very conservative. In Stoddard County, MO 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stoddard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 13.5%.
Stoddard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Essex, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, Missouri is very conservative.
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.
Essex, Missouri: R R R R R R
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 Essex, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $5,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,700 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)