The city of Maryland Heights, MO is a thriving suburb of St. Louis located in St. Louis County. It is a politically active and involved area, with many organizations and groups that take part in local politics and civic activities. The City Council is the governing body of the city and meets regularly to make decisions on issues such as infrastructure, development, zoning, taxes, budgets, and more. The City Council is comprised of five council members that are elected by the residents of Maryland Heights to serve four-year terms. Additionally, the Mayor serves as a council member while also handling executive responsibilities for running the city. Together with other appointed individuals on various boards and commissions, these leaders are responsible for making decisions about how to best serve their community.
The political climate in Maryland Heights, 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
Maryland Heights, 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.
Maryland Heights, 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 Maryland Heights, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28,791 contributions totaling $2,835,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,217 contributions totaling $5,515,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,057 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)