Ferguson, MO is a small city in the St. Louis metropolitan area that has made national headlines due to its turbulent political climate. The city faced intense scrutiny during the 2014 protests following the shooting death of Michael Brown and has since been working on restoring public trust and rebuilding relationships between law enforcement and community members. In recent years, local politics in Ferguson have focused on police reform, economic development, and improving quality of life for all residents. A number of measures have been enacted to improve transparency between the police department and citizens, as well as increase accountability for officers. Additionally, there has been an effort to create jobs through new businesses coming into the city. Overall, local politicians in Ferguson are committed to making sure all residents feel safe and included in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Ferguson, MO is moderately 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
Ferguson, MO is moderately 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.
Ferguson, 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 Ferguson, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,289 contributions totaling $296,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $56,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)