The small town of 55072 Sandstone, MN, is a tight-knit community with strong ties to local politics. Although the population of the city is small, its citizens are highly engaged and active in all aspects of local government. Residents take pride in their town’s leadership and work hard to ensure that it remains a safe and desirable place to live. The city council works closely with the mayor to make sure that all decisions are made in the best interest of the people in the area. Every election year, residents go out and cast their votes for candidates they believe will be best able to represent them at the local level. With this commitment, Sandstone has become an example of how democracy can work successfully at a local level.
The political climate in Zip 55072 (Sandstone, MN) is strongly 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
Zip 55072 (Sandstone, MN) is strongly conservative.
Sandstone, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Pine County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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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 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 55072 (Sandstone)
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)