The St. Cloud, MN Metro Area is a vibrant and diverse region that is home to many different political ideologies and beliefs. The area is home to local, state, and federal government representatives from both major parties who are committed to representing the needs of their constituents. Local politicians often focus on issues such as infrastructure development, public safety, job creation and economic growth. Additionally, they strive to bring together members of the community by supporting initiatives such as education reform and sustainable environmental practices. Ultimately, local politicians come together in an effort to ensure that St. Cloud is a safe, prosperous place for all residents to live and work.
The political climate in St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In St. Cloud Metro Area 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the St. Cloud metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 36.6%.
The St. Cloud metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in St. Cloud Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,942 contributions totaling $199,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,534 contributions totaling $693,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)