Jennings, MO is a small city located in St. Louis County with a population of just over 14,000 people. Despite its size, Jennings has an active political environment that is typically driven by local issues. Yearly elections are held to choose the candidates that will represent the city's residents in both the local government and state legislature. The current mayor of Jennings is Matthew Buell, who was elected in 2020 with 70% of the vote. The Jennings City Council consists of six members who are responsible for creating local laws and regulations as well as acting as advocates on behalf of their constituents. Each year, several candidates vie for these positions in order to bring their own unique perspectives to the table and further shape Jennings’ future.
The political climate in Jennings, 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
Jennings, 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.
Jennings, 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 Jennings, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,783 contributions totaling $153,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $17,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)