Roseau, Minnesota is a small town located in the northern part of the state along the border of Canada. The community is known for its friendly people and low crime rate. Despite its small size, Roseau is an active center for political activity. Local elections take place on a regular basis and elected officials serve on both the city council and school board. Residents actively participate in town hall meetings to discuss issues affecting their community. Furthermore, citizens volunteer their time to help out at polling locations during voting season. Both major political parties are represented, with representatives from both sides attending local events and engaging with the residents in conversations about current events, policy changes or recent legislation. It is clear that politics has an important role in Roseau, as it brings together individuals with different ideologies to engage in meaningful dialogue and work towards common goals for the betterment of their community.
The political climate in Roseau, MN is moderately conservative.
Roseau County, MN is very conservative. In Roseau County, MN 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roseau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.0%.
Roseau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roseau, MN is moderately conservative.
Roseau 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.
Roseau, 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 Roseau, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $3,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)