Moscow, Minnesota is a small community nestled in the northern region of the state. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and elections are held regularly to elect members to serve on the city council. The current mayor is Stacy Moree, who was elected in 2018. City council meetings are open for the public to attend and provide input on key issues facing the town. Moscow is also part of Pine County's 6th District, which recently elected James Johnson as its state representative. Johnson has been an active advocate for local businesses and education resources in his district since taking office in 2019. On the national level, Moscow falls under Minnesota's 8th Congressional District and sends its votes to Pete Stauber, who won reelection in 2020. With dedicated representation at all levels of government, Moscow has become an increasingly engaged and involved community determined to make progress on important local issues.
The political climate in Moscow, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moscow, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Moscow, 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 Moscow, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 878 contributions totaling $62,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $47,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)