Westfield, Minnesota is a small town of just over 1,500 people located in the southwestern part of the state. It is part of Martin County and has a long history of being involved in local politics. Currently, Westfield's mayor is Lawrence Johnson who was elected in 2020. Westfield also has six members on its city council: Steven Kern, Kim Brown, Gary Brown, Luke Westfall, Mark Ralston and Kevin Lantto. These individuals work together to make decisions that are best for the town's residents. The people of Westfield are passionate about their community and take pride in having their voices heard through local elections. Each year there are various elections held to decide who will represent them in office and shape the future of their beloved town.
The political climate in Westfield, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, MN is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, MN 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.5%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westfield, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge 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.
Westfield, 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 Westfield, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $9,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)