Redpath, Minnesota is a small rural town with a population of about 5,000 people. It is located in Hennepin County and its government is structured like most cities in the United States. The mayor and city council oversee the city's operations and are responsible for creating laws, setting taxes and fees, and providing services to residents. Each year local elections take place where candidates from both major political parties vie for elected office. These elections typically involve debates involving the candidates' positions on key issues such as education, healthcare, infrastructure improvements, and economic growth. Issues affecting the entire state also often come into play during these elections as well. Residents of Redpath take part in these elections by voting for their preferred candidate at local polling stations or through absentee ballots. The outcome of these elections decides which party will have control over Redpath's government and provide leadership on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Redpath, MN is strongly conservative.
Traverse County, MN is strongly conservative. In Traverse County, MN 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traverse county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.5%.
Traverse county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Redpath, MN is strongly conservative.
Traverse County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Redpath, Minnesota: r r d d 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 Redpath, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $4,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $8,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)