Stockton, MN is a small town situated in the rolling hills of southeastern Minnesota. It is located within Fillmore County and is home to a population of just over 500 people. Despite its small size, Stockton has an active political environment with local elections for mayor and city council held annually. In recent years, the elections have seen an influx of new faces vying for office, providing residents with a variety of candidates to choose from. These candidates come from various backgrounds and offer different perspectives on how to best govern the town. Issues tackled by the local government include infrastructure projects, taxation rates, budget prioritization, land use policy and economic development initiatives. The citizens of Stockton are always eager to exercise their right to vote and engage in open dialogue about politics affecting their community.
The political climate in Stockton, MN is somewhat conservative.
Winona County, MN is leaning liberal. In Winona County, MN 49.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winona county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.1% to 48.7%.
Winona county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stockton, MN is somewhat conservative.
Winona County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Winona Metro Area is leaning 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.
Stockton, Minnesota: d d D D r d
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 Stockton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,375 contributions totaling $78,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 366 contributions totaling $358,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $978 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)