Meadow, MN is located in the Midwestern United States and is a small town with a population of approximately 7,000 people. Although Meadow is a small community, it still has an active political scene. Every four years, local residents come together to elect a new mayor and members of the city council who will work to improve the town’s infrastructure and promote economic development in addition to making decisions on zoning laws, property taxes, and other matters related to civic life. In addition to local elections, Meadow also takes part in state and national elections by voting for representatives from Minnesota as well as the President of the United States. Political engagement is important for citizens of Meadow and it reminds us that our voices matter no matter how small our community may be.
The political climate in Meadow, MN is very conservative.
Wadena County, MN is very conservative. In Wadena County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wadena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Wadena county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Meadow, MN is very conservative.
Wadena 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.
Meadow, 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 Meadow, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,848 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $6,193 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)