Nelson, Minnesota is a small town in the east central part of the state. The city is governed by a mayor and five members of the city council, who are elected every two years. The citizens of Nelson take great pride in their local government and strive to ensure that their elected officials make decisions that are best for the community. The political climate in Nelson leans towards a conservative viewpoint, but many progressive ideas are still often discussed and debated. There is also a strong emphasis on transparency from the city council, which ensures that citizens can always trust their elected representatives to be open and honest with them.
The political climate in Nelson, MN is very conservative.
Douglas County, MN is very conservative. In Douglas County, MN 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.6%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nelson, MN is very conservative.
Douglas County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Alexandria Metro Area 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.
Nelson, 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 Nelson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $23,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 445 contributions totaling $57,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)