Santiago, Minnesota is a small town located in the state of Minnesota. It is a great place to live and work with its friendly and tight-knit community. The politics in Santiago are focused mainly on issues that affect the citizens of this small town directly, such as education, health care, infrastructure, and local taxes. Local government works hard to ensure that the citizens have access to necessary services and resources while managing the budget responsibly. While there are no specific local political candidates at the present time, residents can get involved in community meetings or send their opinions through public comment period during various city council meetings. Citizen participation helps ensure that local politics prioritize what matters most to the people of Santiago.
The political climate in Santiago, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, MN is very conservative. In Sherburne County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.5%.
Sherburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Santiago, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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.
Santiago, 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 Santiago, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 221 contributions totaling $12,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $39,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)