Glen Echo Park leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Glen Echo Park typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen Echo Park, ~39% vote Democratic, ~15% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glen Echo Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glen Echo Park leans more Democratic than 125 of 176 neighbors.
Glen Echo Park runs about 65 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Glen Echo Park is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Glen Echo Park leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Glen Echo Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Glen Echo Park live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 47% of adults in Glen Echo Park have never been married, above 97% of cities. Glen Echo Park runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Glen Echo Park, MO sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Glen Echo Park looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Glen Echo Park sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Glen Echo Park report food insecurity, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Beverly Hills, MO D+86
- Velda City, MO D+87
- Pasadena Hills, MO D+75
- Velda Village Hills, MO D+87
- Northwoods, MO D+86
- Pasadena Park, MO D+80
- Uplands Park, MO D+86
- Norwood Court, MO D+82
- Greendale, MO D+78
- Normandy, MO D+75
Cities with Similar Populations
- Petran, MN R+40
- Amherst, CO R+71
- Waterloo, WV R+70
- Woodford, AL D+17
- Vienna, NJ R+21
- North Bay, WI D+25
- Loch Lomond, CA Even
- Seward, OH R+55
- Manville, VA R+75
- Elmfield, LA R+69
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.