The politics in 63147 St. Louis, MO are vibrant and engaging. The area is represented by several local politicians in the Missouri House of Representatives and Senate, including Representative Clem Smith and Senator Jill Schupp. There are also many active political organizations in the area that regularly organize events to encourage civic engagement and political awareness. These include the St. Louis Young Democrats, the Missouri Progressive Action Network, the League of Women Voters St. Louis, and more. With so much energy around politics in this area, it is clear that the people of 63147 take their civic duty seriously and strive to make their voices heard in government.
The political climate in Zip 63147 (St. Louis, MO) is very liberal.
St. Louis City County, MO is very liberal. In St. Louis City County, MO 81.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 16.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis city county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.9% to 16.0%.
St. Louis city county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63147 (St. Louis, MO) is very liberal.
St. Louis, Missouri is very liberal.
St. Louis City County, Missouri is very 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.
St. Louis, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 63147 (St. Louis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $8,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)