Appleton, MN is a small city located in the southwestern part of the state. The city has recently been going through some changes in its political landscape. With a mayoral election coming up in 2021, there are several local candidates vying for the post. These candidates come from different backgrounds and have different ideas and visions for how to make Appleton an even better place to live and work. They are focusing on issues such as job growth, infrastructure improvements, education reform, crime reduction, and more. Each candidate has their own unique perspectives on how to address these topics and bring positive change to Appleton. It will be interesting to see who ultimately wins this election and what kind of impact it will have on the future of the city.
The political climate in Appleton, MN is moderately conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Appleton, MN is moderately conservative.
Swift County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Appleton, 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 Appleton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)