Louisburg, MN is a small community located in the Midwest United States, and is home to a population of just over 1,000 people. The politics of Louisburg are fairly typical for any small town in America. Local decisions are made by a five member city council which consists of the mayor and four aldermen representing different parts of the town. Elections for these positions are held every two years. Issues such as infrastructure planning, zoning regulations and budgeting often come before the council for consideration. The residents of Louisburg have their voices heard through public comment periods, town hall meetings and through petitions to the city council. It is important to note that no political candidates or parties are endorsed by the city government, giving citizens freedom to choose their own politicians without outside influence.
The political climate in Louisburg, MN is strongly conservative.
Lac qui Parle County, MN is strongly conservative. In Lac qui Parle County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lac qui Parle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.8%.
Lac qui Parle county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louisburg, MN is strongly conservative.
Lac qui Parle 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.
Louisburg, 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 Louisburg, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $3,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)