New Haven, MN is a small town with a population just under 3,000 people. Located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota, New Haven is home to many rural farms and offers its citizens a peaceful atmosphere. The town’s local politics are focused on maintaining this atmosphere for its citizens by addressing the needs of its small businesses and agricultural community. In recent elections, the local political candidates have proposed ideas to promote economic growth in the region while also preserving the natural beauty of rural living. They are focused on creating jobs and providing support for those already in business in order to keep New Haven prosperous for generations to come.
The political climate in New Haven, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Haven, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Haven, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Haven, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $25,495 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $26,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)