Blooming Prairie, Minnesota is a small town located in Steele County, with a population of 1,496. The town is well-known for its strong sense of community and vibrant culture. When it comes to politics, the citizens of Blooming Prairie are passionate about making sure their voices are heard and that their local elected officials represent the values and needs of their community. The current mayor is Amy Kosek, who was elected in 2018. The city council consists of five members: James Smith, Steve Johnson, Tom Wilson, Kathy Schiltz and Brad Emmert. Each member works hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met through thoughtful decision-making and diligent oversight. The city also holds regular elections to choose representatives for local school boards as well as other important positions like the sheriff or county commissioner. In Blooming Prairie, residents work together to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to politics so they can secure a bright future for their community.
The political climate in Blooming Prairie, MN is moderately conservative.
Steele County, MN is moderately conservative. In Steele County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.5%.
Steele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blooming Prairie, MN is moderately conservative.
Steele County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Owatonna Metro Area is moderately 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.
Blooming Prairie, 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 Blooming Prairie, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $14,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)