The politics of St. Joseph Township in Stearns County, Minnesota are determined by the Stearns County Board of Commissioners and the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office. The Board of Commissioners is responsible for overseeing all county government functions such as taxation, public safety, public health, and community service. The Sheriff’s Office is responsible for providing law enforcement services to protect the citizens and property of St. Joseph Township. All services provided by both the Board and the Sheriff’s Office must meet the needs of the community as dictated by their respective constitutions. Elections are held every two years to determine who will sit on each governing body with each official typically completing a four-year term. The most recent elections featured both Republican and Democratic candidates vying for seats on the Board of Commissioners as well as local sheriff's office positions.
The political climate in St. Joseph 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
St. Joseph 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.
St. Joseph 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. Joseph township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,982 contributions totaling $120,571 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 718 contributions totaling $494,028 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $688 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)