Brandrup, Minnesota is a small, rural town located in the Midwest. Politically, Brandrup has traditionally been conservative and most residents tend to vote Republican in local and national elections. While there is no current representation of Brandrup at the state or federal level, the town's mayor is a strong advocate for fiscal responsibility and economic growth. The town council works together to ensure that all citizens have access to quality public services such as police protection, libraries, parks, and recreation centers. Brandrup also has an active Chamber of Commerce that works together with local businesses to promote growth in the town. Overall, politics in Brandrup are focused on keeping taxes low while promoting economic development.
The political climate in Brandrup, MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, MN is very conservative. In Wilkin County, MN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.9%.
Wilkin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brandrup, MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Wahpeton 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.
Brandrup, 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 Brandrup, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $7,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $5,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)