River Falls, MN is a small city in the state of Minnesota with a population of around 15,000 people. The city is governed by an elected City Council and the Mayor serves as the head of government. The council consists of representatives from each ward, who are elected to represent their constituents in making decisions on local matters such as infrastructure projects, public safety initiatives, and other policies that affect the citizens of River Falls. Local elections for mayor and city council members are held every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Additionally, citizens may also vote on various referendums during election time to determine whether or not certain issues should be addressed by local government. The people of River Falls take pride in their active role in local politics and strive to keep their community strong through educated voting decisions.
The political climate in River Falls, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 35.3%.
Pennington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
River Falls, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington 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.
River Falls, Minnesota: R r d 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 River Falls, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $6,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 210 contributions totaling $25,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)