Alta Vista, MN is a small city located in the Midwestern United States with an estimated population of 8,000 people. The city's political landscape revolves around local elections for mayor and city council members. Every four years, Alta Vista residents vote on who will become the next mayor. In addition to choosing the mayor, city residents also get to vote on six city council members who will work with the mayor to set public policy agendas and make decisions on how to use public resources. The current mayor is Bob Smith and the current council members are John Doe, Jane Smith, Mary Jones, Bill Brown, Jeff Johnson and David Miller. Voters in Alta Vista have an important role in determining who will shape their community's future. With careful consideration of the candidates' platforms and values, citizens of Alta Vista can select representatives that reflect their own interests and values so that they can have a say in how their city is governed.
The political climate in Alta Vista, MN is very conservative.
Lincoln County, MN is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MN 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alta Vista, MN is very conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Alta Vista, Minnesota: d r d 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 Alta Vista, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)