St. Lawrence, MN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. The town has a population of about 2 thousand people and is rich in culture, history, and traditions. It is governed by a mayor, town councilors, and other elected officials. The current mayor is Dave Anderson who has been leading the city since 2017. St. Lawrence's political environment is one that promotes community involvement and progress through collaboration between local government and citizens. Local elections have become increasingly competitive with many candidates prioritizing public safety, health care access, education reform, environmental protection, and economic development as key issues for voters to consider when casting their ballot. St. Lawrence also emphasizes its commitment to promoting transparency in government operations by providing easy access to information for all citizens. This commitment helps ensure that everyone in the community can actively participate in the political process to make sure their voice is heard and taken into consideration when making important decisions that will affect them and the entire city at large.
The political climate in St. Lawrence, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Lawrence, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
St. Lawrence, 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. Lawrence, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $13,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $35,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)