Cedar Valley, Minnesota is a small town with a population of just over 5,000 people. The local politics in Cedar Valley are dominated by the elected city council, which is made up of six members and the mayor. These elected officials work together to ensure that the town remains safe and prosperous for all its citizens. They take on issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure projects, and other important matters that affect everyday life in Cedar Valley. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to elect new representatives to serve on the city council or vote to keep current members in office. As a result of this process, Cedar Valley's political landscape regularly undergoes change and progress.
The political climate in Cedar Valley, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar Valley, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Cedar Valley, Minnesota: D D 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 Cedar Valley, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $9,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $28,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)