Mahtowa, MN is a small town located in the northwest corner of Minnesota. Although it is a relatively small community, there is still plenty of political activity taking place within Mahtowa. Residents regularly engage in discussions about local and national politics, often focusing on issues like education, taxation, healthcare, and environmental protection. Our town also has a few different political groups that hold regular meetings and organize events throughout the year. Election season always brings a flurry of political activity to Mahtowa as citizens come together to discuss their opinions on various candidates running for office. The enthusiasm for politics in Mahtowa is evident every election cycle with many residents turning out at the polls to cast their vote and make their voice heard.
The political climate in Mahtowa, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, MN is leaning liberal. In Carlton County, MN 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carlton county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.1%.
Carlton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mahtowa, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Mahtowa, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Mahtowa, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $3,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $9,427 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)