Union, Minnesota is a small, rural town in the state of Minnesota. The town has a population of approximately 1,500 and is located in Wright County. Union does not have its own mayor or city council, but it does maintain a sense of local politics that affects its citizens. The town is located in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, which is currently represented by Angie Craig. Union also participates in county-level elections, with representatives from each precinct voting for their choice of candidate. Local politicians are often active within the community and host events to meet with constituents and discuss current issues. In addition, many important decisions concerning the future of the town are discussed at Town Hall meetings where all voters can participate and cast their vote. Union is an engaged community when it comes to politics and its citizens take great pride in their right to make decisions for their town that will benefit everyone who calls Union home.
The political climate in Union, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Union, Minnesota: r r 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 Union, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $14,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $32,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)