Sumter, MN is a small town in the Northern part of Minnesota. It has a population of just over 400 people and is served by a number of local elected officials. All the officials are responsible for representing their constituents and upholding the values of the community. The town's current mayor is Tom Johnson, who was elected in 2020. Sumter also has four town council members; Jack Wilson, Kay Stone, Barry Jorgensen, and Mary Jane Jones. Each member is dedicated to working with all stakeholders to build the best future for Sumter through economic development and environmental protection initiatives. They all strive to ensure that Sumter remains a safe and enjoyable place to live and work. The city also has an active Volunteer Fire Department as well as an active EMS service to ensure the safety of its citizens. The politics in Sumter are fairly conservative, but there are still opportunities for growth and progress towards creating a better tomorrow for itself and its residents.
The political climate in Sumter, MN is very conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumter, MN is very conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area 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.
Sumter, 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 Sumter, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $17,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 363 contributions totaling $35,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)