Cold Spring, MN is a small city located in Stearns County. The town is known for its quaint downtown area and its close proximity to the beautiful Minnesota lakes. The local politics of Cold Spring are centered around issues that affect the quality of life of its citizens. These issues include economic development, public safety, environmental protection, and support for small businesses. In recent years the city council has implemented initiatives to invest in infrastructure improvements and promote growth through business incentives. The city is also home to multiple political candidates who work tirelessly to represent their constituents and advocate for local issues in state and national government. Some of these candidates have run on platforms that support tax relief for small businesses, renewable energy initiatives, and increased funding for education programs. Political involvement in Cold Spring is an important aspect of civic engagement as it allows citizens to engage in meaningful dialogue with their elected representatives.
The political climate in Cold Spring, MN is moderately 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
Cold Spring, MN is moderately 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.
Cold Spring, 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 Cold Spring, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $3,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $6,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)