Wildwood, MO is a small city located in St. Louis County. It is known for being a safe and family-friendly community, and has a strong sense of local pride. The city is governed by an elected mayor and board of trustees. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending meetings, voting in elections, or running for office themselves. The city also works hard to ensure that all voices are heard in the decision-making process. Residents can work with their elected officials to influence policy decisions and make sure that their interests are represented on the local level. Wildwood strives to create an environment in which all residents can have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Wildwood, 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
Wildwood, 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.
Wildwood, 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 Wildwood, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,256 contributions totaling $1,502,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,859 contributions totaling $1,256,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)