St. Michael, Minnesota is a small city located in the northern part of the state, just a few miles outside of Minneapolis-St. Paul. It has become known for its tight-knit community and quaint downtown area, but it is also home to an active local political scene. The city's residents are passionate about issues both statewide and locally, and take great pride in electing their own representatives into office. At the local level, St. Michael holds frequent elections to fill positions on the City Council, School Board, Park Commission, and other government offices. Voters have ample opportunity to meet with candidates and learn more about their stances on various topics before casting their ballots. Additionally, citizens can easily stay up-to-date on important political news through various local media outlets that keep them informed of current events and upcoming elections.
The political climate in St. Michael, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Michael, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly 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. Michael, 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. Michael, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 670 contributions totaling $38,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 469 contributions totaling $99,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)