Richland, MN is a small, rural town located in the St. Croix Valley region of Wisconsin. The town has a strong sense of community and many people take an active interest in local politics. Richland residents are passionate about making their voices heard and staying informed about current political issues that impact their hometown. Political campaigns here often focus on topics such as education, healthcare, and public safety. Local candidates strive to create policies that benefit the entire community and prioritize the needs of the constituents. Voting is strongly encouraged among Richland citizens, who come together each election cycle to make their voices heard and ensure their representation in city government is effective.
The political climate in Richland, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Richland, Minnesota: d d 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 Richland, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,188 contributions totaling $43,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 242 contributions totaling $38,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)