Minnewaska, MN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. It is known for its friendly and close-knit community, as well as its rural landscape and agricultural business. When it comes to politics, Minnewaska is a predominantly Republican area. Residents tend to vote for more conservative candidates who have similar values and beliefs as them. The town also has an active Town Council which meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the community, such as economic development and infrastructure improvements. Residents can voice their opinions at these meetings and have their concerns addressed by local representatives. Although no specific local political candidates are named in this description, they will be identified during election season when registered voters cast their ballots.
The political climate in Minnewaska, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minnewaska, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope 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.
Minnewaska, Minnesota: r r d 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 Minnewaska, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $6,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $18,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)