Oshawa, MN is an active city with a vibrant political landscape. It is home to several experienced politicians, who have worked hard to provide their constituents with strong leadership and effective representation in the local government. The current mayor of Oshawa is Scott Grady, who was elected in 2019 and has been an active member of the city’s legislative council for the past seven years. There are many other local representatives from different parties who are also taking part in the political process in Oshawa. These include state representatives from both major parties such as Republicans and Democrats as well as independent candidates. The city’s legislative council meets regularly to discuss important politics related issues, allowing citizens to stay informed about decisions that affect them. All in all, Oshawa's political environment is one of its most defining features, and it continues to be an important factor in shaping the future of this great city.
The political climate in Oshawa, MN is somewhat 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
Oshawa, MN is somewhat 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.
Oshawa, 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 Oshawa, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,576 contributions totaling $85,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $372,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)