Chatham, Minnesota is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Despite its size, Chatham has an active political scene. Locally elected officials include the mayor and city council members, who work to provide quality public services to the citizens of Chatham. The town also elects representatives to serve on various local boards and commissions that oversee specific areas of community life. These representatives work together with other elected officials to ensure that Chatham remains a safe and prosperous place to live. Additionally, local candidates often run for office in order to bring attention to important issues that are important to the residents of Chatham. In this way, Chathams’ political representation helps keep citizens informed and involved in their community’s affairs.
The political climate in Chatham, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatham, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Chatham, 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 Chatham, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 478 contributions totaling $32,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 350 contributions totaling $87,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)