Cannon City, MN is a vibrant, diverse community that takes pride in its local politics. The city has two wards - Ward 1 and Ward 2 - each with their own representatives on the City Council. The representatives for both wards focus on addressing issues pertinent to the residents of Cannon City, such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. Each ward elects its own representatives to serve in two-year terms. With the upcoming election season just around the corner, citizens have already started talking about who will be running to represent them in the council. Both candidates must demonstrate their commitment to solving the problems that affect Cannon City’s citizens and have an understanding of how their actions can positively impact their constituents. Residents are encouraged to get involved in local politics and take part in deciding who will be best suited to represent them on the city council.
The political climate in Cannon City, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cannon City, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Cannon City, 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 Cannon City, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,271 contributions totaling $342,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 479 contributions totaling $90,117 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)