Mabel, MN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of about 2,000 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and a five-member city council. The mayor and city council are responsible for setting the direction and policies for the town. There are several local political candidates who are running in the next election, including John Doe and Jane Smith. They have both been active members in their community for many years, offering their support to important causes like affordable housing, economic development, and environmental awareness. Voters will have to decide which candidate best represents what they want their community to look like. Both John and Jane have made it clear that they would strive to make Mabel a better place if chosen as mayor or city council member.
The political climate in Mabel, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mabel, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Mabel, 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 Mabel, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $12,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)