Waseca, Minnesota is a small city located in southern Minnesota with an approximate population of 9,829 people. It has a mayor and city council governing the local government. The current mayor of Waseca is Mark Kaus, who was first elected in 2018. The city council consists of five members: Donna Smith, Phil Schochenmaier, Jay Miller, Mike Thomsen, and Mike Schleusner. They are all elected by the citizens of Waseca for four-year terms and focuses on improving the quality of life for those living in the area. In recent years they have worked to fund projects such as upgrading parks and improving public safety measures throughout the community. The city also works closely with local organizations to provide services such as housing assistance programs and job training initiatives that benefit residents. Waseca's political climate continues to be progressive and forward looking as it strives to create opportunity and fairness for its citizens.
The political climate in Waseca, MN is moderately conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waseca, MN is moderately conservative.
Waseca 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.
Waseca, 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 Waseca, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 362 contributions totaling $15,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $5,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)