Bluffton, MN is a small town located in southwest Minnesota. It is a generally peaceful and quiet area with a population of just over 480 residents. Politics in Bluffton are focused on local and regional issues that affect the lives of the city’s residents. The most important topics include economic development, public safety, education and health care. Local candidates running for office work hard to reach out to voters and build support for their campaigns. They emphasize issues such as job growth, infrastructure improvement, environmental protection and making sure local services are well funded and supported. The local political landscape is an important part of the culture of Bluffton, and it is through these local elections that citizens can have their voices heard and their concerns addressed by elected officials.
The political climate in Bluffton, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bluffton, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area is very 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.
Bluffton, 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 Bluffton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $6,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,613 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)