Alpha, MN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of just under 10,000 people. Locals are passionate about their politics and community involvement. They pride themselves on making sure everyone’s voice is heard, especially in local elections. Every election season, the town comes alive with political debates and discussions about important issues like taxation policy, education reform, public safety initiatives, and more. Each candidate brings a different perspective to the table, allowing residents to make an informed decision come election day. Alpha takes its civic responsibility seriously and encourages all citizens to get out and vote in every election.
The political climate in Alpha, MN is very conservative.
Jackson County, MN is very conservative. In Jackson County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpha, MN is very conservative.
Jackson 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.
Alpha, 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 Alpha, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)