Stanchfield, MN is a small rural community located just north of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The politics in Stanchfield are mainly focused around local issues such as education and infrastructure. The main governing body of Stanchfield is the Town Council, which is made up of five elected members and a mayor. Elections for these positions take place every two years. The Town Council is responsible for making decisions on topics such as budgeting, zoning regulations, development projects, and more. Stanchfield also has representatives in both the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate that serve as a link between local government and state government. Residents of Stanchfield can make their voices heard by attending public meetings or by voting in elections to ensure that their views are taken into account when it comes to making political decisions at both the local and state levels.
The political climate in Stanchfield, MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, MN is very conservative. In Isanti County, MN 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isanti county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.5%.
Isanti county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanchfield, MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, Minnesota is very 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.
Stanchfield, 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 Stanchfield, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $87 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)