Sharon, Minnesota is a small city located in the southwestern corner of the state. It has a tight-knit community that values strong relationships between residents and local government representatives. Politically, this city leans to the conservative side of things, with most of its residents voting Republican in recent elections. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2015 and is up for reelection this upcoming November. One of his primary focuses is fiscal responsibility – he believes that it’s important to find ways to ensure that the city can pay for essential services without raising taxes too high for citizens. In addition to Mayor Smith, there are several other Sharon City Council members who are dedicated to making sure the needs of their constituents are met. They work tirelessly to bring good jobs and economic opportunities to the area while also ensuring public safety remains a priority. The people of Sharon take pride in their leaders and strive to make sure their voices are heard when it comes time to vote on issues affecting their town.
The political climate in Sharon, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative. In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sharon, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Sharon, 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 Sharon, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $7,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $15,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)