Faribault, MN is a small city located in Rice County. It has a unique political landscape which is made up of representatives from both the local and state government. The County Board of Commissioners consists of three members who are elected for four year terms and are responsible for creating and maintaining the county budget, setting policy, and working with state agencies to coordinate services. Faribault also has two representatives in Minnesota's state legislature – one Senator and one House Member – who are both elected for four year terms. They are responsible for representing Faribault's interests at the state level, advocating for legislation that would benefit their constituents, and listening to citizen concerns regarding issues that affect their city. The mayor of Faribault is also an elected official who serves a four-year term. They lead the City Council in making policy decisions and they preside over all regular council meetings. All these officials work together to ensure that Faribault remains a safe community with quality services for its citizens.
The political climate in Faribault, MN is leaning conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Faribault, MN is leaning conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
Faribault, Minnesota: d d D d 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 Faribault, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,112 contributions totaling $42,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $30,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)