The small town of Freedom, MN is a tight-knit community located in the midwestern United States. With a population of just over 3,000 people, Freedom is a welcoming place that values hard work and individual responsibility. The town's politics are largely conservative and the residents understand the importance of having local officials who will represent their interests. In Freedom, local elections are held every two years and citizens are encouraged to vote for candidates who reflect their values and beliefs. Candidates running for office must be qualified to serve their constituents and must actively reach out to gain support from the community. Residents in Freedom take pride in being able to have a say in who their local representatives will be and strive to make sure their voices are heard during election season.
The political climate in Freedom, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freedom, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Freedom, 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 Freedom, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 365 contributions totaling $15,899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $8,598 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)