Sauk Centre, MN is a small city of just over 4,000 residents located in the central region of Minnesota. It is governed by a mayor and city council members who are elected by the local citizens every four years. The current Mayor is Cindy Rarrat and the city council consists of Gary Magner, Wayne Gettel, John O’Connor, Kayla Seelen, Matt Jones, and Emily McTigue. These officials work together to ensure that Sauk Centre's needs are met and their goals are achieved. They also work in tandem with local schools, businesses and organizations to promote growth in the community while preserving its rural atmosphere. The focus for this government body is to serve the residents of Sauk Centre efficiently and effectively while keeping taxes low. They strive to create an environment that will help support economic development initiatives while still maintaining a high quality of life. This is accomplished through careful planning and oversight as well as working collaboratively with other organizations within the city limits to enhance citizens' quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 56378 (Sauk Centre, 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 56378 (Sauk Centre, MN) is moderately conservative.
Sauk Centre, 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.
Sauk Centre, 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 56378 (Sauk Centre)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 789 contributions totaling $20,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $5,270 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)