Grantwood Village, MO is located in St. Louis County and is home to a community of about 8,300 people. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and four Aldermen who represent the various wards in the village. The current mayor is Ted Bain, and the elected Aldermen are Robert Mertens, Megan Holmes, Charles Gibson, and Gary Ragsdale. The village government is focused on preserving the quality of life that Grantwood residents enjoy by providing a safe environment for families, businesses and visitors alike. In addition to this, they strive to keep taxes as low as possible while still offering top-notch services such as police protection, garbage collection and snow removal. As a result of their efforts, Grantwood Village enjoys a high quality of life with its parks, trails and other recreational opportunities for its residents to enjoy.
The political climate in Grantwood Village, 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
Grantwood Village, 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.
Grantwood Village, 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 Grantwood Village, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,417 contributions totaling $194,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 273 contributions totaling $28,284 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)