St. Charles, MO is a vibrant city located in St. Charles County just west of St. Louis. It has a rich history that dates back to the early 1800s and was named after French explorer Louis-Joseph de La Corne, Sieur de la Corne St-Charles. The city is home to many businesses, parks, museums, and other attractions that make it an attractive place to live and work in. Politically, St. Charles is a strong mix of different political affiliations including Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. With so much diversity in the population it can be difficult at times for politicians to gain support from all parties but those who are able to find common ground and reach out to all members of the community can ultimately succeed in making positive changes for everyone in the city.
The political climate in St. Charles, MO is somewhat 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
St. Charles, MO is somewhat 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.
St. 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 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 St. Charles, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,851 contributions totaling $1,098,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,005 contributions totaling $11,391,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)