New Munich, Minnesota is a small rural town located in the central part of the state. Politically, the town leans fairly conservative with most of its citizens identifying as Republican. Local politics in New Munich generally involve issues such as taxes, public safety, and education. The mayor and city council have worked to ensure that tax rates remain low while also investing in public safety measures and providing a quality education for local students. During election season, residents have a chance to vote for local candidates who are running for office on various platforms. For instance, this year several candidates are advocating for environmental protection initiatives or pushing for greater investments in job creation programs. Regardless of which candidate people decide to support, the community remains committed to making sure their voices are heard during election season.
The political climate in New Munich, 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
New Munich, 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.
New Munich, 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 New Munich, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $120 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $10,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)