The city of Saint Charles, MO (63304) is a bustling community in the Midwest. Politically, it has a strong conservative lean and many citizens are active in local politics. The city's government is structured around the Mayor-Council system, where the Mayor is the executive branch of the local government and the City Council consists of representatives from each ward who are responsible for creating ordinances and regulations that affect the daily lives of its citizens. Local elections are held yearly for positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and judges. Statewide elections also occur periodically with candidates chosen from the party primaries or by petition. Every election cycle brings out passionate voters who are dedicated to keeping their city running smoothly while always striving for progress.
The political climate in Zip 63304 (Saint Charles, MO) is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, MO is moderately conservative. In St. Charles County, MO 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Charles county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.2%.
St. Charles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63304 (Saint Charles, MO) is moderately conservative.
Saint Charles, Missouri is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
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.
Saint Charles, 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 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 63304 (Saint Charles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,391 contributions totaling $92,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $140,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)