Sandstone, MN is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people and has been a part of Minnesota since 1891. It is governed by an elected mayor who presides over a seven-member City Council. The City Council meets twice each month to review current events in the city and discuss legislation that affects the town's residents. In addition to these meetings, Sandstone also holds regular public forums which allow citizens to voice their opinions on matters concerning the city's politics. Local political candidates running for office are typically nominated by the local parties and then voted upon during the election season. The political atmosphere in Sandstone is generally quite friendly; candidates from both major parties frequently attend debates and other forums in order to help constituents make well-informed decisions when it comes time to cast their ballots.
The political climate in Sandstone, MN is moderately conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandstone, MN is moderately conservative.
Pine 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.
Sandstone, Minnesota: d d 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 Sandstone, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $2,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)