Politics in 56374 St. Joseph, MN are diverse and interesting. This small city is represented by Senator Karin Housley in the Minnesota State Senate and Representative Tama Theis in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Both of these politicians have made it their mission to advocate for the citizens of St. Joseph in the state legislature. They have also advocated for local issues such as environmental protection, public safety, and economic development. In recent years, they have been instrumental in helping to bring new businesses into town that will benefit everyone in the community. Additionally, they have been actively involved in the city's efforts to keep taxes low while still providing quality municipal services for its residents. Local city councils are devoted to making sure that their constituents' voices are heard when it comes to decisions about zoning laws, public works projects, and other important matters that affect life here in St. Joseph.
The political climate in Zip 56374 (St. Joseph, 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 56374 (St. Joseph, MN) is moderately conservative.
St. Joseph, 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.
St. Joseph, 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 56374 (St. Joseph)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 423 contributions totaling $23,648 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)