Canby, MN is a small town located in Yellow Medicine County in southwestern Minnesota. It is known for its agricultural roots and friendly people. Politics in Canby, MN are managed by the City Council which is composed of five members elected at large from the local area. The council meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters pertinent to the city such as budgets, zoning ordinances, and building permits. Local elections take place every two years to determine who will serve on the council. The City Council works collaboratively with residents to ensure that their voices are heard and their needs are met. They strive to create an environment of progress and growth within Canby while staying true to its core values of being welcoming, honest, transparent, and responsible.
The political climate in Canby, MN is moderately conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canby, MN is moderately conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota 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.
Canby, 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 Canby, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)