Brooten, MN is a small town located in Stearns County. It has a population of just under 900 people, and it is part of the larger Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa school district. The local politics in Brooten are fairly straightforward; there are no local political candidates, and all of the town's decisions are made by its Board of Aldermen. The Board consists of six members who are elected from two wards; each ward elects three members to serve on the Board for two-year terms. The Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss matters such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, budgeting issues, and other important topics that affect the citizens of Brooten. This small community takes its responsibilities seriously, and works together to make sure their town runs smoothly.
The political climate in Zip 56316 (Brooten, MN) is strongly 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 56316 (Brooten, MN) is strongly conservative.
Brooten, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Brooten, 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 56316 (Brooten)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)