Ashland, MN is a small town in Minnesota that is currently governed by the Ashland Town Council. The council consists of five members who are elected to serve staggered four-year terms. The town is not divided into wards and all members are elected at-large. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are appointed from within the council by a majority vote of its members. Decisions for the town are made through regular meetings and special hearings to review important issues brought up by residents or town staff. Ashland’s local government works hard to ensure that taxpayer money is spent responsibly and the citizens of Ashland continue to enjoy their peaceful home for years to come.
The political climate in Ashland, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, MN is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, MN 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.5%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ashland, 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 Ashland, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 295 contributions totaling $11,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $33,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)