Wilmington, MN is a small town in the Twin Cities metropolitan area with a population of around 25,000. The city is served by a mayor and six city council members who are elected to four-year terms. The mayor and council members work together to make decisions that will benefit the community, such as enacting budget plans and developing infrastructure. The current mayor is Rheeta Potts, who has been serving since 2018 and will be up for reelection in 2022. Other local political candidates include current city council member Ed Reddy and former council member Nick Boeser. Residents of Wilmington have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote for their preferred candidates during elections. With an experienced leadership team working hard to maintain Wilmington's quality of life, it's no wonder that this small community continues to be so close knit.
The political climate in Wilmington, 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
Wilmington, 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.
Wilmington, 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 Wilmington, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $6,345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $5,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)