West Alton, MO is a small town in the northern part of the state. The town has a long history of political activism and involvement, with residents actively participating in local elections. Local races are often highly contested, with well-known local candidates vying for office. Residents pride themselves on being informed and engaging in their civic duty to cast their vote every election cycle. There are many organizations dedicated to promoting transparency in politics and advocating for positive change in West Alton. This dedication to civic engagement has helped shape the town’s political atmosphere over the years and continues to influence its future.
The political climate in West Alton, 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
West Alton, 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.
West Alton, 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 West Alton, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,421 contributions totaling $114,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 527 contributions totaling $102,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)