Watopa, MN is a small town located in rural Minnesota. With a population of just over 2,000 people, the local politics here tend to be focused on the needs of the community. There is an active city council and mayor that work together to address issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and public safety. The Town of Watopa also has a school board that works with the local school district to support education initiatives. Each year local elections are held for these positions and residents are encouraged to participate by voting or running for office if they feel they can make a difference for their community.
The political climate in Watopa, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watopa, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Watopa, 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 Watopa, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $3,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)