Atwater, MN is a small community located in Central Minnesota. It is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The city has a strong tradition of local politics, with the citizens being actively engaged in debates that take place at the local level. Issues affecting the city include topics such as economic development, infrastructure, public safety, and environmental protection. Residents of Atwater have the opportunity to voice their opinions on these topics through town hall meetings and other forums. Candidates for mayor and city council must be nominated by local parties and will be voted on during municipal elections held every four years. Working together, the mayor and city council strive to make Atwater an attractive place to live by providing services that meet the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Atwater, MN is moderately conservative.
Kandiyohi County, MN is strongly conservative. In Kandiyohi County, MN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kandiyohi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.1%.
Kandiyohi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atwater, MN is moderately conservative.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Willmar Metro Area 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.
Atwater, 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 Atwater, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $2,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)