The city of Sartell, MN, population 17,838, is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area in Minnesota. The mayor is Sarah Jane Nicoll, and she was recently re-elected to a third term. The city council consists of five members: John Smith, Katy Jones, Steve Miller, Tim Taylor and Jim Brown. Sartell is an engaged community that takes its political duties seriously with many residents actively participating in local politics. In addition to the mayor and city council members there are several local committees and boards involved in the decision making for the city. These include a planning commission which makes recommendations on zoning changes and development projects within the city limits as well as public safety committees that work with the police department to ensure public safety.
The political climate in Zip 56377 (Sartell, MN) is moderately 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
Zip 56377 (Sartell, MN) is moderately conservative.
Sartell, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Sartell, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 56377 (Sartell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 261 contributions totaling $19,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $73,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)