The politics in St. Martin Township, MN are largely determined by the local government. The township has a three-member Board of Supervisors, who are elected to four-year terms. This board is responsible for setting the agenda, passing ordinances and budgets, and making decisions on policy issues that affect the historic town. In addition, there is an elected clerk and treasurer that oversee the day-to-day operations. These offices also have four-year terms. Finally, the township is part of Minnesota's House District 37A which votes in a Representative every two years to represent their interests in state government. As a small township with a population of just over 1,000 people, St. Martin Township's residents take pride in participating in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in St. Martin township, MN is strongly 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
St. Martin township, MN is strongly 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.
St. Martin 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 St. Martin township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $25,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)