Bandon, Minnesota is a small city located in the southern part of the state. It has a rich history and strong sense of community. Politically, Bandon leans conservative and has traditionally elected representatives from the Republican party. There has been some recent upset in local elections though, with several candidates from other parties making waves in town. The most notable example was during the local election of 2018 when a candidate from the Libertarian Party won a seat on the city council for the first time ever. This indicates that some more progressive views are gaining ground in Bandon and could eventually result in further changes to local politics in the future.
The political climate in Bandon, MN is very conservative.
Renville County, MN is very conservative. In Renville County, MN 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Renville county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.7%.
Renville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bandon, MN is very conservative.
Renville 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.
Bandon, 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 Bandon, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $8,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)