Wellston, MO is a small city located in the state of Missouri. The area has an active and vibrant political culture that serves to keep its citizens informed and involved in local politics. Wellston has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the chief executive officer for the city. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected at large by the residents of Wellston. Local elections are held every two years to elect these representatives, who then discuss and vote on matters that affect the community. Issues such as taxes, public works projects, zoning laws, and other matters of local importance are discussed and voted upon by the council. Along with their roles in local government, city officials often host events that bring citizens together to share ideas and opinions on important issues facing Wellston. This allows for open dialogue between residents and leaders of the community, ensuring everyone's voice is heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Wellston, MO is strongly 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
Wellston, MO is strongly 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.
Wellston, 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 Wellston, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,598 contributions totaling $1,678,063 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 390 contributions totaling $127,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)