West Alton, MO is a small town located in St. Charles County with a population of just over 400 people. Despite its size, the citizens of West Alton are passionate about their local politics. The city council consists of five council members elected by the citizens who strive to work together to ensure West Alton remains a great place to live and work. They focus on issues like public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and providing quality services for residents and businesses alike. Additionally, representatives from St. Charles County and Missouri's state government regularly visit West Alton to discuss policies that could benefit the town's residents. Through these meetings, West Alton keeps up to date on regional and state issues that can have an impact on their community. All in all, the citizens of West Alton take great pride in their involvement in local politics and strive towards a better future for all those living within its boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 63386 (West Alton, 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 63386 (West Alton, MO) is moderately conservative.
West Alton, 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.
West Alton, 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 63386 (West Alton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)