Pacific, MO is a small city located in St. Louis County. It has seen some changes in its political landscape over the years as new candidates have been elected to local offices. The current mayor is Richard J. Gray and the City Council consists of six members who serve staggered three-year terms. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues related to the community and make decisions about local policies and ordinances. In addition, Pacific has a number of other public entities such as the school board, planning and zoning commission and fire protection district that are involved in various aspects of local government and policy making. Pacific residents take an active role in their government by participating in elections and attending City Council meetings to voice their opinions on important matters facing the community.
The political climate in Pacific, MO is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, MO is very conservative. In Franklin County, MO 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.1%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pacific, MO is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Missouri is very 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.
Pacific, 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 Pacific, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 632 contributions totaling $71,656 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $75,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)