North St. Paul, MN is a small city with a lot of political activity. The City Council works hard to ensure the well-being of its citizens and to make sure that decisions are made that are in the best interest of the city as a whole. Local election cycles bring out a range of candidates from all walks of life looking to represent their community in office. They come from various backgrounds, all eager to share their ideas and priorities with the voters who will decide who will be representing them in future years. The council is active in managing local ordinances, approving public projects, and providing guidance on budgetary matters related to municipal services like police and fire departments. Community engagement is encouraged through public forums, town hall meetings, and other events where residents can voice their opinions on relevant issues facing North St. Paul.
The political climate in North St. Paul, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey County, MN is very liberal. In Ramsey County, MN 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Ramsey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North St. Paul, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey County, Minnesota is very liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
North St. Paul, Minnesota: D D D D D D
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 North St. Paul, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,009 contributions totaling $74,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $23,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)