Windom, MN is a small town with a population of approximately 3,500 people. Despite its small size, the city is active in politics and is home to many local political candidates. Windom has several local government offices, such as City Council members, County Commissioners, and school board members. Every election cycle brings new faces to the political scene as candidates come forward with their ideas for improving the city. Additionally, there are numerous grassroots organizations dedicated to addressing specific issues in the community such as education and economic development. The citizens of Windom take part in local elections and are passionate about making their voices heard when it comes to politics. In this way, Windom remains an important center for political activity in Minnesota.
The political climate in Windom, MN is moderately conservative.
Cottonwood County, MN is very conservative. In Cottonwood County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cottonwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.0%.
Cottonwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Windom, MN is moderately conservative.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota is very 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.
Windom, 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 Windom, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $12,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $7,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)