Austin, Minnesota is a small city with a population of around 24,000. Despite being small, it has a vibrant presence in local politics. The city's mayor is Bobbie Jo Mathern, who was just re-elected to her third term in 2020. She is well-known and respected for her dedication to making Austin an even better place to live through community outreach and advocacy. In addition to the Mayor, there are several other local officials that represent Austin on the state level such as Representatives Jeanne Poppe and Todd Lippert as well as Senator Dan Sparks. All of these political figures have worked hard to provide resources and support for Austin residents and businesses throughout their tenure. This commitment to the community is what makes Austin such an amazing place to live and work!
The political climate in Austin, MN is leaning conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Austin, MN is leaning conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin 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.
Austin, Minnesota: D 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 Austin, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 373 contributions totaling $23,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $24,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)