Albert Lea, MN is a small city in the south-east corner of Minnesota. Its politics are reflective of the conservative values that are held by its citizens. The government here follows a traditional two-party system with Republicans and Democrats both having representation on the local level. There are several state representatives who serve Albert Lea as well as two congressional representatives for the state of Minnesota's 1st and 2nd districts. Recent elections have seen increasing support for progressive candidates and initiatives such as climate change awareness, LGBTQ rights, reduced taxes, and increased public health care access. Though not all citizens agree on these topics, Albert Lea citizens strive to come together to create solutions for their community and make the city a better place to live.
The political climate in Albert Lea, MN is somewhat conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Albert Lea, MN is somewhat conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Albert Lea, Minnesota: D D 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 Albert Lea, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 502 contributions totaling $38,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $23,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)