Watson, MN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. While the town is largely rural, it does have a local government that helps manage the day-to-day operations of the city and its residents. The mayor of Watson is currently Bob Smith, who was elected in 2021 to serve a four-year term. Watson also has four city council members: Mike Jones, Jane Doe, John Rogers and Sarah Johnson. All of these officials strive to make Watson a better place for its citizens by providing support and resources for them. The local political landscape in Watson is relatively quiet, as most elections are non-partisan and focus on maintaining the tight-knit community spirit of Watson. Residents take an active part in their community's politics by voting in local elections and attending town hall meetings or other events held by their elected officials.
The political climate in Watson, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chippewa County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Chippewa county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watson, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa 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.
Watson, Minnesota: r d 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 Watson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)