Barsness, MN is a small town located in the Midwest that is known for its strong sense of community and neighborly spirit. The town has a long history of political involvement, dating back to the 1800s. While local elections draw smaller turnouts than those in larger cities, they are still highly competitive races with passionate candidates who want to represent the people of Barsness. Many of these candidates come from families who have lived in Barsness for generations, and they share a common goal of continuing the proud legacy of Barsness politics. They strive to ensure that all voices are heard, and that everyone has the opportunity to make their opinions heard when it comes to local issues. Elections in Barsness are always interesting affairs with active campaigns on both sides leading up to election day.
The political climate in Barsness, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barsness, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope 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.
Barsness, Minnesota: r 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 Barsness, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $6,473 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $18,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)