Carson, Minnesota is a small city located in the northern part of the state. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Steven Anderson. The city council is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens to help make important decisions regarding local policies and laws. The council members focus on issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and other important matters for their community. They strive to ensure that the needs of Carson residents are addressed while keeping taxes low and supporting businesses within the city. Additionally, they regularly attend community meetings and events to better understand how local residents feel about certain issues and discuss ways to make improvements in their city.
The political climate in Carson, MN is very conservative.
Cottonwood County, MN is very conservative. In Cottonwood County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cottonwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.0%.
Cottonwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carson, MN is very conservative.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota is very 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.
Carson, Minnesota: R R r R 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 Carson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $13,369 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $12,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)