Wells-Goodfellow, St. Louis, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wells-Goodfellow

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Wells-Goodfellow is a Democratic stronghold. About 93% of voters here vote Democratic and 7% Republican.

 

About 47% of adults in Wells-Goodfellow typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wells-Goodfellow, ~44% vote Democratic, ~3% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wells-Goodfellow compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Wells-Goodfellow leans more Democratic than 17 of 20 neighbors.

Wells-Goodfellow runs about 105 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Wells-Goodfellow is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Wells-Goodfellow 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 Wells-Goodfellow, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Wells-Goodfellow 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 60% of adults in Wells-Goodfellow have never been married, above 93% of neighborhoods. Wells-Goodfellow runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Wells-Goodfellow, St. Louis, MO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Wells-Goodfellow looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 45% of adults in Wells-Goodfellow report food insecurity, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 68% of households in Wells-Goodfellow rent, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 25%. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Wells-Goodfellow sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.