Okabena, Minnesota is a small and peaceful town located in the southern region of the state. It is an unincorporated community with no local government or mayor. Although there are no elected political candidates, the people of Okabena do have a say in their government through their involvement in county and state politics. As part of Nobles County, citizens can participate in county-wide meetings to discuss issues affecting their community and make sure their voices are heard. On a larger scale, residents are able to cast their vote for representatives at the state level, ensuring that their interests are represented when decisions are made that will affect them at home. With its close-knit population and strong sense of civic pride, Okabena is always ready to get involved whenever there's an opportunity for political engagement.
The political climate in Okabena, MN is very conservative.
Jackson County, MN is very conservative. In Jackson County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okabena, MN is very conservative.
Jackson County, Minnesota 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.
Okabena, 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 Okabena, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)