Cokato, Minnesota is a small town located in the southwest corner of the state. Although it has a small population, Cokato has an active political scene. There are local polls conducted to gauge public opinion on various issues and representatives from all major parties are present in the city. The current mayor of Cokato is Mike Kuisle, who was elected in 2017 and won re-election in 2020. In addition to the mayor, Cokato also elects three city council representatives as well as other members for various boards and commissions. Each year, citizens can participate in elections for these positions and have their voices heard on how the city should be run. With numerous candidates putting themselves forward for office every year, Cokato ensures that its citizens’ opinions are taken into account when decisions are made concerning local politics.
The political climate in Cokato, MN is moderately 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
Cokato, MN is moderately 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.
Cokato, 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 Cokato, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $1,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $2,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)