Bird Island, Minnesota is a small town located in the heart of the Midwest. Though it may seem like a peaceful place to live, the politics of Bird Island are far from calm. The town has a Mayor and City Council that work together to manage the day-to-day operations of the community. Local residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved in their government by attending council meetings or volunteering on political campaigns. There is also an annual election for Mayor and City Council positions that allows citizens to make sure their voice is heard in local politics. The people of Bird Island take great pride in being active participants in their community's civic life.
The political climate in Bird Island, MN is strongly conservative.
Renville County, MN is very conservative. In Renville County, MN 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Renville county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.7%.
Renville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bird Island, MN is strongly conservative.
Renville County, Minnesota is very 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.
Bird Island, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bird Island, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $5,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)