Politics in 63040 Wildwood, MO have a strong impact on the local community. The city elects an alderman and mayor every four years to represent the city’s interests. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions regarding infrastructure, taxes, economic development, and other important aspects of life in Wildwood. In addition to these two offices, there are also members of Missouri's House of Representatives and Senate that represent the area. All of these public officials work together to ensure that Wildwood is taken care of and striving to reach its potential.
The political climate in Zip 63040 (Wildwood, MO) is somewhat 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
Zip 63040 (Wildwood, MO) is somewhat liberal.
Wildwood, Missouri is somewhat 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 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 63040 (Wildwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $19,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $7,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)