Byron, Minnesota is a small town located in Olmsted County. The majority of citizens in Byron are involved in the city's politics in some way or another. Residents of the town have elected a mayor and four council members to represent them at City Hall. All five members are dedicated to improving the quality of life for all residents, with projects such as installing new street lights and expanding recreational facilities. The elected officials also work closely with local organizations, businesses, and community groups to ensure that everyone's needs are met. They take an active role in making sure that the concerns of their constituents are heard and addressed. In addition to yearly budget meetings and public forums on important local issues, they hold regular meetings with local business owners and citizens at large to discuss what can be done to make Byron even better.
The political climate in Byron, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Byron, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
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.
Byron, Minnesota: r r d d d 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 Byron, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $16,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $11,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)