Sauk Rapids Township is a small community located near St. Cloud, Minnesota. It has a rich political history and diverse population of about 5,000 people. The local government is composed of an elected board of supervisors and five council members who serve two-year terms. The town also boasts a mayor and four trustees who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the township. There are several state representatives from Sauk Rapids who are in charge of advocating for the needs of their constituents in the legislature. In addition to its residents’ voices being heard at the state level, the town also hosts several town hall meetings throughout the year to promote civic engagement and ensure that local concerns are addressed. These meetings provide an opportunity for residents to voice their opinions on legislation or topics that may affect their lives and help shape the future of Sauk Rapids Township.
The political climate in Sauk Rapids township, MN is moderately conservative.
Benton County, MN is very conservative. In Benton County, MN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.7%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sauk Rapids township, MN is moderately conservative.
Benton County, Minnesota is very 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 Rapids 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 Rapids township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 602 contributions totaling $26,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $73,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)