Sunset Hills, Missouri is a small town located in the Midwest. It has a rich history and strong sense of community pride. As a result, local politics are important to its citizens. The town has an elected mayor and board of Alderman who oversee the affairs of the city. Local political candidates often have deep roots in the community and care deeply about making sure that Sunset Hills continues to thrive. Residents take part in local elections by voting for candidates who will best represent their interests and beliefs. There is always lively discussion about upcoming elections and what each candidate stands for, making it an important part of civic life in Sunset Hills.
The political climate in Sunset Hills, MO is leaning 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
Sunset Hills, MO is leaning 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.
Sunset Hills, 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 Sunset Hills, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,450 contributions totaling $4,000,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,850 contributions totaling $1,919,636 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)