The city of St. Cloud, Minnesota (56303) is a unique and vibrant place that offers a wide variety of attractions, cultural events, educational institutions, and outdoor activities. Politically, St. Cloud is primarily comprised of registered members from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party as well as Independents. The city's current mayor is Dave Kleis; he was first elected in 2005 and since then has been reelected three times for his efforts in community development and economic expansion. Local political campaigns are an important part of life in St. Cloud; candidates often focus on issues such as public safety, affordable housing options, job creation, and investments in infrastructure projects to improve the general quality of life for all residents. It is important to note that while elections occur every two years, the city regularly hosts candidate forums throughout the year so that residents can stay informed on who represents them best at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 56303 (St. Cloud, MN) is somewhat 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 56303 (St. Cloud, MN) is somewhat conservative.
St. Cloud, Minnesota is somewhat 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. 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 56303 (St. Cloud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 847 contributions totaling $33,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $76,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)