Carsonville, MN is a small town located in the heartland of America. With a population of just over 8,000 people, it is filled with friendly faces and neighbors who are passionate about their community. The politics in Carsonville focus on local issues that affect the citizens in this small town. The city council works diligently to create legislation that will benefit residents while also making sure to be fiscally responsible. Currently, the three main political candidates running for office are Rebecca Johnson, Robert Brown and Jody Adams. Each candidate brings different ideas to the table when it comes to creating an even better future for Carsonville and its citizens.
The political climate in Carsonville, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carsonville, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Carsonville, 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 Carsonville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 381 contributions totaling $60,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $14,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)