Cashel, MN is a small city located in the Midwest of the United States. It is home to a population of about 10,000 people, and it has an elected mayor and city council responsible for local government. In recent years, the political landscape of Cashel has been increasingly divided between those who wish to maintain the status quo and those who want to see progressive change implemented in the city. This dichotomy was recently on display when several candidates competed in a mayoral race in 2020. Voters had to decide between two starkly different visions for their town’s future: one focused on keeping taxes low while continuing with current policies, while the other sought to prioritize social issues and bring new businesses and development initiatives into the community. Fortunately, regardless of which side voters chose, they could all be assured that their decision was made in the best interest of Cashel as a whole.
The political climate in Cashel, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cashel, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift 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.
Cashel, 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 Cashel, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $6,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $13,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)