Dale, MN is a small rural town located in the northwest corner of the state. The town has seen steady growth in recent years, with its population now totaling around 4,000 people. Despite its small size, Dale's politics are quite active, with residents engaging in conversations on local issues and candidates campaigning for office at all levels of government. There are currently several political parties represented in Dale, including Democratic, Republican and Libertarian. Locals take pride in being politically active and engaging in meaningful dialogue about their beliefs and values. The town regularly hosts meetings and events to discuss current political topics and provide information about upcoming elections as well as to host candidate forums to help inform residents about who they should consider voting for come election time. With such rich political activity happening around town, it's no wonder that Dale has become such a great place to live for those looking for a small but vibrant community with strong connections to politics.
The political climate in Dale, MN is strongly conservative.
Cottonwood County, MN is very conservative. In Cottonwood County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cottonwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.0%.
Cottonwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dale, MN is strongly conservative.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota is very 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.
Dale, 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 Dale, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $12,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $8,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)