Ada, Minnesota is a small town located in northwestern Minnesota. It has a long history of being involved in local politics and voting during elections. In Ada, the political landscape is dominated by two main parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party. These two parties provide the voters with multiple candidates to choose from for various offices, including state legislature, county board, and city council positions. Local organizations also occasionally host forums where local political candidates can present their views and answer questions from constituents. However, regardless of party affiliation, most candidates in Ada focus on issues such as strengthening public education, promoting economic development, growing job opportunities and supporting farmers. The citizens of Ada strive to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to important political decisions that have an impact on their community.
The political climate in Ada, MN is somewhat conservative.
Norman County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Norman County, MN 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norman county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.8%.
Norman county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ada, MN is somewhat conservative.
Norman County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Ada, 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 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 Ada, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $11,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)