Alexandria, Minnesota is a small city located in the central part of the state. The city has a population of around 14,000 people and is known for its close-knit community and traditional values. Alexandria has a mayor-council style of government, with the mayor being elected to serve a four-year term. The City Council consists of five members, all elected by the citizens of Alexandria to serve three-year terms. The current mayor of Alexandria is Sara Carlson, who was elected in 2016. Other local political candidates include Mary Loftus for City Council Member at Large; Thomas Eustice for Ward 1 City Council Member; and James Krietzburg for Ward 2 City Council Member. Alexandria is an active political community that encourages its citizens to get involved in local issues and take part in the democratic process.
The political climate in Alexandria, MN is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, MN is very conservative. In Douglas County, MN 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.6%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alexandria, MN is moderately conservative.
Douglas County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Alexandria 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.
Alexandria, 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 Alexandria, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 301 contributions totaling $21,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 439 contributions totaling $54,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)