Blue Mounds, MN is a small town located in the scenic Minnesota River Valley. The town has a strong sense of community and has an involved local government. The government of Blue Mounds consists of a mayor and four council members elected for two-year terms. The mayor and council work together to make decisions that will benefit the citizens of the town. Issues discussed range from water rights to economic development, and all are taken into account when making decisions. Additionally, many citizens are actively involved in local politics by attending meetings, working on campaigns, or running for office themselves. This active involvement ensures that all the voices of the people in Blue Mounds are heard when it comes to making decisions about their community.
The political climate in Blue Mounds, 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
Blue Mounds, 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.
Blue Mounds, 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 Blue Mounds, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $10,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)