Tower Grove East is a Democratic stronghold. About 88% of voters here vote Democratic and 12% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Tower Grove East typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tower Grove East, ~53% vote Democratic, ~7% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tower Grove East compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Tower Grove East leans more Democratic than 27 of 33 neighbors.
Tower Grove East runs about 94 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Tower Grove East is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Tower Grove East. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+85) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+70), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Tower Grove East leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Tower Grove East, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Tower Grove East live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. High college attainment predicts Democratic voting, and Tower Grove East sits in the top quarter (about 56%, above 76% of neighborhoods). Tower Grove East 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; Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO sits in the top quarter 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 Tower Grove East 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. Tower Grove East sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Benton Park West, St. Louis, MO D+74
- Gravois Park, St. Louis, MO D+72
- Shaw, St. Louis, MO D+75
- Benton Park, St. Louis, MO D+74
- Tower Grove South, St. Louis, MO D+65
- The Gate District, St. Louis, MO D+75
- Soulard, St. Louis, MO D+64
- Dutchtown, St. Louis, MO D+64
- Forest Park Southeast, St. Louis, MO D+73
- Mount Pleasant, St. Louis, MO D+61
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Southeast Erie, Erie, PA D+20
- Kettering-Butzel, Detroit, MI D+87
- Uptown, New Orleans, LA D+46
- Marrowbone, Nashville, TN D+41
- Lyons Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek, FL D+6
- Mission Hills, Pittsburgh, PA D+37
- Five Points, Great Lakes, IL D+42
- North Shoal Creek, Austin, TX D+51
- North Kensington, Kensington, MD D+58
- View Ridge, Seattle, WA D+70
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.