Vinita Park, MO is a small city located in St. Louis County and has a population of over 4,000 people. The City Council of Vinita Park consists of six council members who are elected to serve for two year terms. The Mayor is also directly elected by the citizens for a four-year term. Currently, the mayor of Vinita Park is Joe Griston and he has been in office since 2011. The City Council meets on the second and fourth Tuesday's of every month to discuss matters related to local government and community development. Residents can attend these meetings to learn more about current political topics such as zoning regulations, tax rates and other issues affecting their quality of life. These meetings also provide an opportunity for residents to be heard by their representatives through public comment periods and by voicing their opinions on important matters before the council makes decisions that affect the entire city.
The political climate in Vinita Park, MO is moderately 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
Vinita Park, MO is moderately 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.
Vinita Park, 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 Vinita Park, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,626 contributions totaling $1,883,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 412 contributions totaling $128,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)