Winthrop, MN is a small town with a population of about 800 people. Despite the size of the community, local politics are just as important in Winthrop as they are anywhere else. The election of local officials and representatives can have an immense effect on how things run in the area, from education to taxes. With such a small population, it can be hard for locals to make their voices heard above the din of larger cities and states. However, they still have the right to choose who their representatives will be and make their opinions known through participation in elections. Local debates are often held around town by candidates running for office in order to inform citizens about their views on different topics and inform voters on who they think best represents them and their interests.
The political climate in Winthrop, MN is strongly conservative.
Sibley County, MN is very conservative. In Sibley County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sibley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Sibley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winthrop, MN is strongly conservative.
Sibley County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Winthrop, 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 Winthrop, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $139 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $4,032 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)