The city of Chesterfield, MO is a vibrant and growing community in St. Louis County. With a population of around 47,000 people, it is the largest suburb of St. Louis and has become an important part of the metropolitan area. The city is proud to have elected officials who are dedicated to making Chesterfield a better place for all who live here. At the local level, the mayor and the Board of Aldermen work together closely to ensure that decisions are made in everyone’s best interests. They also strive to keep taxes low while improving public safety and services like libraries and parks. On a larger scale, Chesterfield residents are heavily engaged in statewide politics as well; they often support candidates who prioritize improvements in education and healthcare across the state of Missouri.
The political climate in Chesterfield, 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
Chesterfield, 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.
Chesterfield, 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 Chesterfield, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37,802 contributions totaling $5,678,922 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10,180 contributions totaling $3,974,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)