O'Fallon, MO is a vibrant community filled with an engaged population of citizens. With an active city council that meets monthly to discuss and vote on local issues, O'Fallon residents have the opportunity to stay informed and involved in local politics. The current mayor of O'Fallon is Harry Rediger, who was elected in 2018 and has served as mayor since then. In addition to the Mayor, there are six other city council members who work together to manage the city’s daily operations and long-term plans. Each year, residents can also take part in local elections for various positions on the board of Alderman. These elections draw attention from candidates all over the state, as well as provide opportunities for citizens to make their voices heard on important municipal matters. Through these processes, O'Fallon maintains a thriving political landscape that enables its citizens to be closely involved in their local government.
The political climate in O'Fallon, MO is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, MO is moderately conservative. In St. Charles County, MO 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Charles county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.2%.
St. Charles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
O'Fallon, MO is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
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.
O'Fallon, 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 O'Fallon, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28,196 contributions totaling $1,653,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,723 contributions totaling $12,753,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)