The small town of Dennison, MN is governed by a mayor and two city council members. The citizens of the town have the right to vote in local elections and have a strong sense of civic pride in participating in the political process. The mayor and council members are elected every four years and keep up on local issues, such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Residents take an active role in politics by attending city council meetings to voice their opinions on how they think the town should be managed. They also stay abreast of current events affecting the area with community newsletters and news media outlets. Overall, Dennison is a great example of democracy in action with citizens that are actively engaged in the political process.
The political climate in Dennison, MN is moderately conservative.
Goodhue County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Goodhue County, MN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goodhue county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.2%.
Goodhue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dennison, MN is moderately conservative.
Goodhue County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dennison, 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 Dennison, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $8,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)