St. Cloud, MN is a bustling city located in the Central Minnesota area. As a city of about 65,000 people, St. Cloud is home to vibrant political scene with several candidates running for local offices. At the top of the ballot are races for mayor and city council, both of which have attracted numerous candidates this election cycle. Candidates from multiple parties have put forward an array of platforms and ideas to help improve the quality of life in St. Cloud, from improving infrastructure to supporting local businesses to expanding access to recreational activities. Residents will have plenty of options when they head to the polls this November and decide who will lead St. Cloud into its next chapter.
The political climate in St. Cloud, MN is leaning 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
St. Cloud, MN is leaning 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.
St. Cloud, 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 St. Cloud, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,883 contributions totaling $158,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,021 contributions totaling $646,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $634 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)