Zion, Minnesota is a small town with a population of approximately 500 people. Despite its size, the politics of Zion have a big impact on the community and its citizens. The town has an active political scene, with local elections held every two years for a mayor and three city council members. Local candidates focus on issues such as providing quality public services, improving infrastructure, and fostering economic development. Political engagement in Zion is high, with residents actively participating in meetings and discussions surrounding political issues. Beyond local politics, the citizens of Zion are involved in state and national elections as well, ensuring their voices are heard both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zion, MN is strongly 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
Zion, MN is strongly 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.
Zion, 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 Zion, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $246 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $11,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)