Gilchrist, MN is a small rural town in the Midwest United States. It is home to approximately 500 people and has a mayor-council form of government. The mayor is elected every two years, with six council members who serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Matt Anderson and he has diligently worked to make Gilchrist a better place for its citizens. All city council meetings are open to the public, so everyone has an opportunity to have their voice heard in the local government. In addition to the local elections, the town also supports state and national election campaigns for those who wish to get involved at a higher level. All political views are welcome in Gilchrist, and there is always an opportunity for residents to come together and discuss important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Gilchrist, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gilchrist, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope 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.
Gilchrist, 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 Gilchrist, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $6,418 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $9,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)