Camden, Minnesota is a small rural city located in the southeast corner of Minnesota. It has a population of about 850 people and is proud of its strong community spirit and involvement in local politics. Residents are passionate about their local government, and there are a number of political candidates that have run for office in recent years. The most prominent of these candidates are Joe Smith and Jane Doe, who both ran for mayor in the 2019 election. Joe Smith’s platform focused on supporting the local businesses by investing in infrastructure projects that would make Camden more attractive to potential investors. Jane Doe advocated for increased protections for the environment, especially with regards to water quality, and financial support for local programs such as youth sports teams. Both candidates received a large amount of support from Camden residents during their campaigns, but ultimately Joe Smith won the election by a narrow margin.
The political climate in Camden, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camden, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Camden, 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 Camden, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $34,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $968 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)