Long Prairie, MN is a small town located in Todd County in the state of Minnesota. It has a long history of local political participation, with many residents actively engaged in local elections and civic discussion. The city and its population of just over 3500 people are represented at the state level by State Senator Torrey Westrom and State Representative Jeff Backer. Over recent years, numerous community-minded individuals have stepped forward to run for office on a variety of issues that affect Long Prairie, MN residents from taxes to infrastructure improvements. Residents often turn out in large numbers for local elections, showing their support for candidates who share their values and goals for the future. With many dedicated citizens involved in the process, Long Prairie is sure to remain an active place where politics is discussed and decisions are made that shape the town's future.
The political climate in Long Prairie, MN is strongly conservative.
Todd County, MN is very conservative. In Todd County, MN 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.8%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Long Prairie, MN is strongly conservative.
Todd 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.
Long Prairie, 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 Long Prairie, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $8,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $7,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)