Mahnomen, MN is a small town located in northwestern Minnesota. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 1,200 people who are mostly of Native American descent. The local politics in Mahnomen is heavily influenced by theNative American community as well as other ethnic and racial minorities. There are several local political organizations that work to ensure that all residents have their voices heard and their interests represented in state and federal government. Generally speaking, the political landscape in Mahnomen is progressive, with candidates from both major parties focusing on issues such as economic development, education, environmental protection, and social justice. Local candidates also prioritize meeting the needs of their constituents by creating policies that will benefit the wider community.
The political climate in Mahnomen, MN is leaning conservative.
Mahnomen County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mahnomen County, MN 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahnomen county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 48.3%.
Mahnomen county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mahnomen, MN is leaning conservative.
Mahnomen County, Minnesota 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.
Mahnomen, Minnesota: r 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 Mahnomen, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)