Fork, MN is a small town in Minnesota with a population of just over 3,000. It has its own set of local politics that are important to the people who live there. Every two years, the town elects a mayor and city council members who are responsible for governing on behalf of the citizens. The elected officials work together to create legislation, manage budgets, and appoint various committees and boards. They also work hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality public services such as health care, infrastructure maintenance, emergency services, and so on. Decisions made by the elected officials have an impact on the quality of life in Fork, MN and it is important for citizens to stay informed about local politics and cast their votes during election time.
The political climate in Fork, MN is very conservative.
Marshall County, MN is very conservative. In Marshall County, MN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.3%.
Marshall county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fork, MN is very conservative.
Marshall 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.
Fork, Minnesota: R R d 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 Fork, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $9,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $9,865 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)