Wellington, MO is located in the heart of Missouri and is part of Lafayette County. The town has a long history of being a vibrant and active community. Politically, it is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at-large while council members are selected from five wards within the city limits. The current mayor is Joe Dean and the City Council members are Jim Prater, Terry Seifert, John Pudney, Bill Erwin, and Roger Lodermeier. Wellington residents have consistently voted for progressive candidates who focus on strengthening public services such as education and public safety. All of the political candidates that have been elected in Wellington have worked to make sure that citizens’ concerns are heard and their needs are met. Through their dedication to the people of Wellington, the town has continued to develop into a prosperous community with plenty for its citizens to enjoy.
The political climate in Wellington, MO is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, MO is very conservative. In Lafayette County, MO 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 26.2%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wellington, MO is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kansas City 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.
Wellington, 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 Wellington, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)