North Mankato, MN is a great place to live for its beautiful scenery and friendly atmosphere. Politically, the city of North Mankato is part of the state of Minnesota. The state of Minnesota is run by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), while the city is represented at the local level by council members elected through nonpartisan elections. Every two years, citizens are able to vote for members that they feel best represent their interests in the city's government. These members make decisions about issues such as zoning, development projects, infrastructure improvements, and budgets. This ensures that North Mankato remains a safe and prosperous place to live for all its residents.
The political climate in North Mankato, MN is leaning conservative.
Nicollet County, MN is leaning liberal. In Nicollet County, MN 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicollet county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 47.2%.
Nicollet county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Mankato, MN is leaning conservative.
Nicollet County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
North Mankato, Minnesota: r d D d r 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 North Mankato, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,282 contributions totaling $229,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $199,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)