Big Bend, MN is a small town located in the Midwest with a population of approximately 1,500. The town has several elected officials that serve its citizens. These include city council members, mayor and other local government representatives. The mayor is responsible for representing the interests of the citizens and promoting the growth and development of the community.
The city council members are democratically elected by the people of Big Bend to represent them on matters relating to municipal services, public safety, infrastructure expenditure, taxation policies and more. They work closely together with the mayor to ensure that all decisions are made in their best interest and are reflective of what their constituents want.
The local government representatives are responsible for representing Big Bend's citizens when it comes to state and federal laws and regulations that affect them. They also advocate for issues important to their constituents such as healthcare access, jobs, education opportunities and more.
Overall, politics in Big Bend are shaped by citizen involvement in elections and participation in local government meetings. By voting for candidates they believe will best represent them and actively participating in local politics, citizens can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to making important decisions about the future of their town.
The political climate in Big Bend, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chippewa County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Chippewa county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Bend, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa 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.
Big Bend, Minnesota: r 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 Big Bend, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $8,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $8,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)