St. Joseph, Minnesota is a small town located in Stearns County and is home to around 7,000 people. This small town has a very active political system and the local government works hard to ensure the well-being of all citizens. The city council meets monthly to discuss issues that affect St. Joseph and take steps to address them. A mayor is currently in office who is elected every four years and there are several other local candidates seeking election this year. All candidates have their own ideas about how to best serve the residents of St. Joseph and keep the city running smoothly. Regular town meetings are also held, which are open for residents to attend and ask questions or voice concerns about local politics or issues that may be affecting their lives. The overall political atmosphere of St. Joseph is one of engaging citizens in dialogue and involving them in decision making processes when possible.
The political climate in St. Joseph, MN is somewhat conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Joseph, MN is somewhat conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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. Joseph, Minnesota: 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. Joseph, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 927 contributions totaling $73,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $389,963 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)