Barnesville, MN Voting


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Barnesville, MN is a small town located in the southern part of the state with a rich history and strong sense of community. The local politics in Barnesville are focused on improving the quality of life in the town by supporting its local businesses, ensuring access to resources for all members of the community, and investing in the town’s infrastructure. In recent years, many efforts have been made to improve public transportation options, create jobs within the town, and invest in education and recreation programs for local youth. These investments have paid off with numerous awards for excellence from both state and national organizations. Local politicians work hard to ensure that citizens have their voices heard and are respected throughout this process. They strive to foster an engaged and involved populace that takes pride in its community.

The political climate in Barnesville, MN is leaning conservative.

Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Barnesville, MN is leaning conservative.


Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.

Fargo 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.

Barnesville, Minnesota: r r D d r d

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 Barnesville, MN

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $3,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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