The town of Bloomfield, MN is located in Steele County and has a population of just over 500 people. The small size of the town leads to local politics being focused intensely on the needs of the community with small-scale decision making that directly affects the citizens. Local political candidates in Bloomfield are dedicated to working together to create positive change within the city and strive to ensure its continued success for years to come. Candidates focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure, education, and improving local services. Bloomfield is a vibrant community that emphasizes civic engagement and encourages its citizens to take an active role in shaping their government.
The political climate in Bloomfield, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bloomfield, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bloomfield, 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 Bloomfield, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $7,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)