The city of 56304 St. Cloud, MN has a vibrant political landscape and a strong sense of community involvement. Located just outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the city is home to a diverse population offering many opportunities for participation in local government. Residents have the chance to engage with elected officials and civic leaders at both the county and state level on issues that affect their lives. Issues such as economic development, public safety, transportation, healthcare, and education are all important topics discussed regularly within the 56304 St. Cloud community. The City Council meets monthly to discuss matters affecting the citizens of St. Cloud and to vote on policies that will shape its future. Additionally, local elections are held every two years providing residents with the opportunity to directly voice their opinions and cast their ballots for candidates they believe are best suited to lead their community forward.
The political climate in Zip 56304 (St. Cloud, MN) is moderately conservative.
Sherburne County, MN is very conservative. In Sherburne County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.5%.
Sherburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56304 (St. Cloud, MN) is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Sherburne County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 56304 (St. Cloud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 369 contributions totaling $14,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $51,156 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $595 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)