Sauk Centre township, MN is a small rural area located in Central Minnesota. It is governed by the Sauk Centre Township Board of Supervisors which is made up of 5 elected members. The members of the board are elected to serve 4 year terms and have the responsibility to make decisions regarding local taxes, zoning ordinances and other regulations that affect their citizens. Additionally, they provide services such as road maintenance and snow plowing to ensure the safety of residents. Each election cycle, local candidates run for open seats on the board in order to provide leadership for their community. Although the size and population of Sauk Centre Township may be small, its impact on politics in the area is undeniable.
The political climate in Sauk Centre township, 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
Sauk Centre township, 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.
Sauk Centre township, 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 Sauk Centre township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 789 contributions totaling $20,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $5,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)