Winsted, Minnesota is a vibrant community of about 1,500 people located in McLeod County. Winsted has a long history of civic engagement and involvement in local politics, with engaged citizens regularly attending city council meetings to express their opinions on local issues. The City Council consists of six elected members who serve four-year terms. Citizens take great pride in having their voices heard and actively participating in local government decisions that affect the entire community. Elections for mayor and City Council are held every two years, when residents have the opportunity to elect candidates they believe will best represent them and make decisions that positively impact the town. Winsted is a great example of how citizens can get involved in their local political process and come together to create a stronger community.
The political climate in Winsted, MN is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winsted, MN is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area 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.
Winsted, 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 Winsted, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)