New Germany, MN is a small town located in Carver County, Minnesota. It is part of the larger Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and home to a population of approximately 1,000 people. The local politics in New Germany are overseen by the Carver County Board of Commissioners and other elected officials who serve the city and its surrounding communities. Some of these individuals include the mayor, councilmembers, county commissioner, and city clerk. All of these positions are open to citizens living in New Germany, allowing them to have an active role in the decision-making process for their community. The local government is responsible for setting taxes, providing public services, maintaining roads and parks, managing waste disposal, and regulating building activity within the city limits. Citizens in New Germany also have access to state representatives and senators who can help them voice their opinions on important issues that impact life in New Germany as well as across Minnesota.
The political climate in New Germany, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Germany, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
New Germany, 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 New Germany, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)