Galena, MN is a small town located in the northern region of Minnesota. It is home to a diverse population of around 1,700 people. Galena's local government consists of a mayor and four city council members, who are elected by the citizens every two years. The town focuses on providing its citizens with quality services such as water and sewage management, maintaining roads and other infrastructure, creating economic development initiatives, and public safety. Moreover, the local elections are held annually and feature candidates from all political backgrounds including Republican Party members as well as Democratic Party members. Residents of Galena have an active voice in their local government by voting for the candidate they feel best suits their needs. Through encouragement from its citizens, Galena is able to maintain an efficient and effective political system that serves all its residents regardless of party affiliation.
The political climate in Galena, MN is very conservative.
Martin County, MN is very conservative. In Martin County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Martin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Galena, MN is very conservative.
Martin 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.
Galena, 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 Galena, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)