Avon, MN is a small town located in Minnesota with a population of around 700 people. It is part of Stearns County and is represented in the state legislature by District 13A's representative Tim O’Driscoll and Senator Andrew Mathews. The town has several local governmental offices including a mayor, city clerk, treasurer, and four city council members. Residents of Avon are served by the Avon Public School District which consists of two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
The politics in Avon remain focused on local issues such as improving infrastructure, developing parks and recreational areas, ensuring public safety for residents, and investing in education. On the state level, constituents are represented by Tim O'Driscoll and Andrew Mathews who advocate for issues that support the citizens of Avon while working with other representatives to ensure that their best interests are taken into account when laws are passed. Local elections typically see candidates running on platforms consisting of their plans for improving day-to-day life in Avon through projects that allocate resources effectively while meeting the needs of residents.
The political climate in Avon, MN is strongly 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
Avon, MN is strongly 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.
Avon, 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 Avon, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $8,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $8,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)