Le Roy, Minnesota is a small, rural town located in Mower County. Despite its size and lack of population, the residents of Le Roy take an active interest in politics. Local politics primarily focus on issues such as advocating for better infrastructure, promoting economic development and growth, and improving educational opportunities. Every election year citizens come together to discuss which candidates are best suited to represent their local interests. In addition to these discussions, the city council regularly hosts public hearings with constituents on matters that have a direct impact on life in Le Roy. Allowing citizens to express their views is an important part of democracy that is practiced by the people of Le Roy.
The political climate in Le Roy, MN is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Le Roy, MN is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin Metro Area is leaning 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.
Le Roy, Minnesota: D D D D 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 Le Roy, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $20,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)