London, MN is a small town located in Sibley County, Minnesota. It has a population of 890 people, and the majority of its citizens are proud to call it home. While London is not large enough to have its own local political candidates running for office, the town does take an active interest in politics. Residents often come together at town meetings or special events to discuss issues that concern them. There are also several organizations dedicated to advocating for the rights and interests of London's citizens. All of this contributes to creating a community that is informed about and involved in local politics, even without having their own candidates on the ballot.
The political climate in London, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
London, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
London, 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 London, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $93 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $6,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)