Manchester, MO is a small town located near St. Louis, Missouri. Despite its small size, it has an active political scene with candidates from both major parties vying for the local offices. The current mayor is Michael Breeding, a Republican who has served since April 2013. There are also several city council members who serve two-year terms. These include Judy Harkness (Republican), James Watson (Democrat), Jeffery Mueller (Democrat), and Rex Moore (Independent). Each of these individuals works hard to be representative of all the citizens of Manchester and strive to make decisions that will best benefit the entire community. With its local politics always evolving in order to keep up with the changing needs of the town, Manchester is truly a great place to live for those interested in politics.
The political climate in Manchester, MO is somewhat 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
Manchester, MO is somewhat 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.
Manchester, 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 Manchester, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,725 contributions totaling $1,014,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,295 contributions totaling $599,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)