Jordan, MN is a small town located in Scott County, Minnesota. The town has been around since 1854 and remains a rural community with a population of approximately 5,500 people. Despite its small size, the politics of Jordan are quite active and important to the citizens of this community. In recent years there have been several local political campaigns and elections that have drawn much attention from residents. These include mayoral and city council races as well as other civic elections for various offices. The citizens of Jordan also elect representatives for the Minnesota House and Senate who represent their interests at the state level. The political atmosphere in Jordan is one of unity and cooperation as most citizens come together in support of their chosen candidates for office. All residents are encouraged to get involved by participating in debates, attending rallies, or casting their votes on election day.
The political climate in Jordan, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jordan, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Jordan, 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 Jordan, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $8,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $23,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)