East Grand Forks, MN is a small city located in Minnesota's northwestern region along the Red River of the North. The city is known for its vibrant cultural heritage and strong community ties, with many residents having lived here their entire lives. In terms of local politics, East Grand Forks has a City Council of five members elected at-large and serves a two year term. The City Council sets the legislative policies which govern the city and is responsible for passing an annual budget to fund city services. All general elections are nonpartisan, meaning that no political party affiliations are listed on ballots or discussed during campaigns. Local initiatives such as increasing public safety and improving infrastructure are popular topics among voters in East Grand Forks. With election season quickly approaching, residents are encouraged to research the candidates to gain insight into their qualifications and platform policies prior to making their voting decision.
The political climate in East Grand Forks, MN is moderately conservative.
Polk County, MN is strongly conservative. In Polk County, MN 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.9%.
Polk county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Grand Forks, MN is moderately conservative.
Polk County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Grand Forks Metro Area is moderately 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.
East Grand Forks, Minnesota: R R d 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 East Grand Forks, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 388 contributions totaling $8,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $23,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)