Mahnomen County, Minnesota is a small rural county with a population of around 9,000 people. Despite its smaller size, the county still has an active political landscape. The county operates under a board of commissioners system and is part of Minnesota's Seventh Congressional district. Mahnomen also has representation in the state legislature from both the House and Senate. In addition to these representatives, local elections are held for various offices including sheriff and county attorney. Residents of Mahnomen are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by attending public meetings or voting in local elections, helping to ensure that their voices are heard and respected in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Mahnomen County, MN is leaning conservative.
In Mahnomen County, MN 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahnomen county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 48.3%.
Mahnomen county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mahnomen County, MN is leaning conservative.
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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.
Mahnomen, Minnesota: r d D D 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 Mahnomen County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $1,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)