St. Louis, MO Mayor

The St. Louis, MO Primary Municipal Election was held on March 4, 2025. Cara Spencer, and Tishaura O. Jones were the winners out of 4 candidates. Totals are calculated from Cast Vote Record data. Top two winners move to the General Election.

There were 34,945 ballots, with 48,908 approvals. There was an average of 1.4 approvals per ballot in this race.

Approval Distribution

This shows how many candidates voters approved, both overall and broken down by each candidate's supporters. This reveals whether some candidates attracted voters who approved multiple candidates versus those who approved fewer candidates. In approval voting, voters can select as many candidates as they wish.

	Number of Candidates Approved
Candidate		1	2	3	4
	All Candidates (34,945 voters)	67.2%	26.1%	6.3%	0.4%
	Cara Spencer (23,826 voters)	61.2%	29.5%	8.7%	0.6%
	Tishaura O. Jones (11,612 voters)	58.0%	34.1%	6.7%	1.3%
	Michael "Mike" Butler (8,701 voters)	15.6%	58.0%	24.7%	1.7%
	Andrew Jones (4,769 voters)	16.9%	46.2%	33.8%	3.1%

Co-Approval Matrix

For every pair of candidates, this table shows the fraction of voters who approved one candidate that also approved the other. This reveals voting patterns and candidate coalitions.

	Also approved
Approved		Cara Spencer	Tishaura O. Jones	Michael "Mike" Butler	Andrew Jones
	Cara Spencer	—	13.1%	22.1%	13.4%
	Tishaura O. Jones	26.9%	—	20.1%	4.3%
	Michael "Mike" Butler	60.6%	26.9%	—	25.1%
	Andrew Jones	67.1%	10.4%	45.7%	—

"Anyone But" Analysis

This shows which candidates were excluded when voters approved all candidates except one. These ballots reveal strong opposition patterns, where voters are saying "I'll support anyone except this candidate."

2,200 ballots approved all but one candidate (6.3% of all ballots).

Anyone but...

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