Highlanding, MN is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. The local politics in Highlanding are dominated by two main parties, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. There has been an increase in political participation since 2016, with many residents now involved in either one of these two parties. The local candidates for office generally run on a platform of fiscal responsibility, educational reform, and economic growth. Education is a particularly important issue for many people as they want their children to have access to quality education. In addition to these issues, there are also local debates about environmental protection and infrastructure improvement that have been popular topics during election campaigns. Overall, Highlanding is a vibrant community with plenty of political engagement from both sides of the aisle.
The political climate in Highlanding, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 35.3%.
Pennington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highlanding, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington 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.
Highlanding, 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 Highlanding, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)