Stony Brook, Minnesota is a small community located in the heart of the state with a population of around 1,000 people. The town has its own local government and they work together to ensure that Stony Brook remains a thriving and safe place to live. The local political scene is bustling in this small town with many people actively involved in various activities such as local elections and neighborhood meetings. Each year, residents have the opportunity to vote for their representatives for the mayor, council members, school board officials and other positions. Each candidate must meet stringent criteria before being able to campaign and represent their chosen party or platform when running for office. Residents are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending city meetings, reading up on current issues, researching potential candidates, and voting during elections. Through these efforts, Stony Brook citizens can ensure that their voices are heard and their opinions taken into consideration when making decisions that will affect them.
The political climate in Stony Brook, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, MN is strongly conservative. In Grant County, MN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stony Brook, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Minnesota 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.
Stony Brook, Minnesota: r r d 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 Stony Brook, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $7,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,463 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)