Beauford, Minnesota is a small town with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council, who work together to ensure that the residents of Beauford have access to necessary services and infrastructure. Each year local citizens are invited to vote on who should be in office. The current Mayor is Justin Brown, who has been in office for the last two terms. Local elections are held every two years in order to select a new council member and mayor. The current City Council consists of five members who are responsible for setting policy and creating budgets that benefit the entire community. They strive to ensure that all members of the community have their voices heard and their needs met.
The political climate in Beauford, MN is somewhat conservative.
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal. In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beauford, MN is somewhat conservative.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Beauford, Minnesota: r d 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 Beauford, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,483 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $37,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)