Artichoke, MN is a small, rural town located in the northern part of the state. Despite its rural location, Artichoke has a vibrant political scene. The town mayor is elected every four years and the city council consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms from five wards in the city. Additionally, Artichoke residents are represented in both state and federal government by their legislators. While the political parties vary from race to race, most elections in Artichoke have low voter turnout due to its population size. However, when it comes to local initiatives and referendums, residents in Artichoke are passionate about their opinions which often lead to heated debates during campaign season.
The political climate in Artichoke, MN is strongly conservative.
Big Stone County, MN is strongly conservative. In Big Stone County, MN 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Big Stone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Artichoke, MN is strongly conservative.
Big Stone County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Artichoke, Minnesota: d d 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 Artichoke, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $3,593 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)