The politics in St. Wendel, MN are vibrant and varied. The city’s mayor is a strong advocate of local education and works hard to ensure that all students have access to the resources they need for success. The city council consists of eight members who are elected on a nonpartisan basis to serve two-year terms. Each member represents a different district within the city, ranging from rural areas to urban neighborhoods. The council meets regularly to discuss various issues facing the community and determine what actions need to be taken in order for the best interests of St. Wendel residents to be served. Citizens have opportunities throughout the year to voice their opinions on matters of importance at public meetings or through writing letters and making calls directly to elected officials’ offices. This level of engagement helps create an atmosphere of accountability and fairness that ensures St. Wendel remains a great place for its citizens to live, work, and play.
The political climate in St. Wendel, 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. Wendel, 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. Wendel, 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. Wendel, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $32,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $10,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)